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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 114-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?
(a) Clytemnestra's.
(b) Agamemnon's.
(c) Orestes'.
(d) Aegisthus'.

2. Who is Agamemnon's son?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Dioscuri.

3. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?
(a) Whether Agamemnon is alive.
(b) Whether he has any friends left in Argos.
(c) Whether his fiancee is married.
(d) Whether Aegisthus is dead.

4. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Pallas.
(c) Hera.
(d) Ares.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?

2. What has Oedipus outwitted in The Phoenician Women?

3. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?

4. Who is Laius' son?

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

(see the answer key)

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