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

2. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?
(a) Whether Agamemnon is alive.
(b) Whether Aegisthus is dead.
(c) Whether he has any friends left in Argos.
(d) Whether his fiancee is married.

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

4. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?
(a) Argos.
(b) Troy.
(c) Thebes.
(d) Athens.

5. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Electra and Orestes.
(c) Antigone and Aegisthus.
(d) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who married Electra to her current husband?

2. How long is Agamemnon gone to war?

3. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?

4. Who is Agamemnon's son?

5. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?

(see the answer key)

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