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

2. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) An upcoming feast day.
(b) Her brother's arrival.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A funeral.

3. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?
(a) Argos.
(b) Troy.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Olympus.

4. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Hera.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Achilles.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

3. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?

4. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

5. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?

(see the answer key)

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