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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 23-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Phoenician women.
(b) Thebian peasant women.
(c) Trojan women.
(d) Argive peasant women.

2. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Electra.
(d) The old man.

3. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?
(a) Marry Electra.
(b) Marry Iphegenia.
(c) Take the crown from his brother.
(d) Kill Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.

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

5. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?
(a) Gold.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Provisions.
(d) Spices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Electra married to?

2. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

3. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?

4. Who is Agamemnon's son?

5. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

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