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

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

3. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
(a) The knife he used.
(b) Aegisthus' corpse.
(c) Pylades' corpse.
(d) Clytemnestra's corpse.

4. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

5. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her daughter's.
(b) Her son's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) Her husband's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?

2. Who kills Agamemnon?

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

4. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?

5. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

(see the answer key)

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