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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. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Aegisthus.

2. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Dioscuri.
(c) Hera.
(d) Oedipus.

3. Who married Electra to her current husband?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Orestes.

4. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Electra.
(d) Dioscuri.

5. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Ares.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose life does the chorus bemoan before the battle in The Phoenician Women?

2. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

3. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

4. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

5. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?

(see the answer key)

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