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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. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The old servant.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Electra.

2. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pentheus.

3. How many children does Oedipus have?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. Who kills Laius in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Antigone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?

2. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?

3. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

4. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?

5. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?

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