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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 73-98.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Pylades.

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

3. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?
(a) Thessalians.
(b) Thebians.
(c) Argives.
(d) Trojans.

4. Who is Laius' son?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Teiresius.

5. Who is Electra married to?
(a) A poor farmer.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Pylades.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?

4. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?

5. Who married Electra to her current husband?

(see the answer key)

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