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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 Laius' son?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Teiresius.

2. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Aegisthus.

3. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Electra.
(d) Dioscuri.

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

5. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her husband's.
(b) Her son's.
(c) Her daughter's.
(d) Her mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?

2. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?

3. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?

4. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

5. To whom is Antigone planned to wed?

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