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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. By what is Orestes recognized?
(a) A scar.
(b) His mouth.
(c) A freckle.
(d) His eyes.

2. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

3. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Agamemnon.

4. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?
(a) Trojan.
(b) Dorian.
(c) Artemen.
(d) Curmean.

5. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Ares.
(c) The Nymphs.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?

3. What does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?

4. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

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

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