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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 98-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her husband's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her daughter's.
(d) Her son's.

2. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?
(a) The pedagogue.
(b) Menoeceus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Oedipus.

3. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Pylades.

4. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?
(a) Bull, mead and water.
(b) Lamb, olives, and water.
(c) Lamb, flowers, cheese and wine.
(d) Lamb, onions, and potatoes.

5. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Argos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

2. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?

3. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?

4. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?

5. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?

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