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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 does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The chorus.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The farmer.

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

3. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Orestes.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Electra.

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

5. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?
(a) Chasing a fawn.
(b) He was dropped as a child.
(c) He was shot with an arrow.
(d) He was born with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?

2. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

3. How long is Agamemnon gone to war?

4. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?

5. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?

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