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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 42-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?
(a) Go to festivals.
(b) Speak with strange men.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

2. Who does Electra send her husband to go find when the strangers enter the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Her father's servant.
(d) Iphegenia.

3. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Aegisthus.

4. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
(a) Aegisthus' corpse.
(b) Pylades' corpse.
(c) The knife he used.
(d) Clytemnestra's corpse.

5. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Clytemnestra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?

2. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?

3. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?

4. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?

5. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?

(see the answer key)

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