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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 tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Clytemnestra.

2. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Hermia.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Iphegenia.

3. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?
(a) Agamemnon's servant.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Agamemon.
(d) Orestes' servant.

4. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?
(a) Orestes'.
(b) Antigone's.
(c) Electra's.
(d) Clytemnestra's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

3. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?

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

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?

(see the answer key)

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