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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 Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) The farmer.
(d) The chorus.

2. Orestes fears being tried for what?
(a) Theft.
(b) Matricide.
(c) Patricide.
(d) Murder.

3. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Electra.
(d) Clytemnestra.

4. Who kills Agamemnon?
(a) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Orestes and Electra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?

2. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?

3. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

4. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?

5. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?

(see the answer key)

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