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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Electra, pages 23-42.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Electra married to?
(a) A poor farmer.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

2. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?

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

4. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?

5. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?

(see the answer key)

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