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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. How many gates surround Thebes?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

2. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?
(a) Adrastus.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Electra.

3. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?
(a) The old man.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Electra.
(d) Aegisthus.

4. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Electra.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) The farmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?

(see the answer key)

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