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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 98-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Electra married to?
(a) Pylades.
(b) A poor farmer.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Orestes.

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

3. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) Semele.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Phoenician Women, who does Ares seek revenge against?

2. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?

3. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?

4. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

5. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?

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