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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 does Ares seek revenge against?
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Creon.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Oedipus.

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

3. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The Dioscuri.
(d) Artemis.

4. Who does Oedipus marry?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Electra.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Antigone.

5. Who kills Agamemnon?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
(c) Orestes and Electra.
(d) Iphegenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?

2. Who is the wife of Laius?

3. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

4. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

5. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?

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