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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 42-66.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?
(a) Bull, mead and water.
(b) Lamb, flowers, cheese and wine.
(c) Lamb, olives, and water.
(d) Lamb, onions, and potatoes.

2. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
(a) The knife he used.
(b) Clytemnestra's corpse.
(c) Aegisthus' corpse.
(d) Pylades' corpse.

3. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?
(a) Electra and Orestes.
(b) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
(c) Antigone and Aegisthus.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?
(a) To give to their maidens.
(b) To clean meat.
(c) To drink.
(d) To wash.

5. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
(a) Barley.
(b) Rice.
(c) Wine.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?

2. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?

3. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?

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

5. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?

(see the answer key)

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