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

2. By what is Orestes recognized?
(a) His eyes.
(b) A freckle.
(c) His mouth.
(d) A scar.

3. Who has called a truce to attempt to make peace in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Polyneices.

4. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Her father's servant.
(d) Her mother.

5. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?
(a) Agamemnon's servant.
(b) Agamemon.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes' servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

2. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

3. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?

4. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?

5. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

(see the answer key)

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