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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 has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Iphegenia.

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

3. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Thebian peasant women.
(b) Phoenician women.
(c) Argive peasant women.
(d) Trojan women.

4. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) The farmer.

5. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Aegisthus.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

2. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

3. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?

4. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?

(see the answer key)

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