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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. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

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

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

4. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

5. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?
(a) Take the crown from his brother.
(b) Kill Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
(c) Marry Electra.
(d) Marry Iphegenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

2. Who married Electra to her current husband?

3. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?

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

5. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?

(see the answer key)

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