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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. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Electra.
(d) Dioscuri.

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

3. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?
(a) Go to festivals.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Speak with strange men.

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

5. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Electra.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Aegisthus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Electra married to?

2. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?

3. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?

4. Who married Electra to her current husband?

5. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?

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