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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 is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?
(a) Singing.
(b) Attending a banquet.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Dancing.

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

3. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Orestes.

4. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The farmer.

5. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Clytemnestra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?

2. Orestes fears being tried for what?

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

4. What does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?

5. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?

(see the answer key)

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