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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 does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Ares.
(c) The Nymphs.
(d) Zeus.

2. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. Eteocles decrees anyone who buries his brother in Thebes be what?
(a) Imprisoned.
(b) Killed.
(c) Exiled.
(d) Fined.

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

5. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) The pedagogue.
(c) Creon.
(d) Menoeceus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

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

3. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

4. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?

5. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?

(see the answer key)

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