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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 73-98.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?
(a) Antigone and Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Electra and Orestes.

4. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?
(a) In the country.
(b) On a grave.
(c) Within the city.
(d) By the river.

5. What has Oedipus outwitted in The Phoenician Women?
(a) A dragon.
(b) The king.
(c) The Dioscuri.
(d) The Sphinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters with Antigone in her first entrance in The Phoenician Women?

2. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?

3. Who does Electra send her husband to go find when the strangers enter the cottage?

4. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

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

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