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

2. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?
(a) Electra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) The servant.
(d) Jocasta.

3. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?
(a) Artemen.
(b) Trojan.
(c) Curmean.
(d) Dorian.

4. Whose life does the chorus bemoan before the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus'.
(b) Polyneices'.
(c) Eteocles'.
(d) Antigone's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

2. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

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

4. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?

5. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?

(see the answer key)

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