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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. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Teiresius.

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

3. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Cadmus.
(c) Teiresius.
(d) Oedipus.

4. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?
(a) To wash.
(b) To drink.
(c) To clean meat.
(d) To give to their maidens.

5. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) An upcoming feast day.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A wedding.
(d) Her brother's arrival.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?

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

3. Who retreats when realizing the gods are against him?

4. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?

5. Who is the new leader of Thebes at the end of The Phoenician Women?

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