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

2. What is the opening scene of Electra?
(a) A war field.
(b) A castle.
(c) A farm cottage.
(d) A tower.

3. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered lamb.
(b) A slaughtered dragon.
(c) A slaughtered bull.
(d) A slaughtered virgin.

4. Who does Electra send her husband to go find when the strangers enter the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Her father's servant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?

2. What does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?

3. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

4. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

5. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

(see the answer key)

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