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

2. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?
(a) The one who saved Orestes.
(b) The one who works for Clytemnestra.
(c) The one who killed Pylades.
(d) The one who killed Agamemnon.

3. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Rage.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Lust.

4. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?
(a) Go to festivals.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Speak with strange men.

5. Who married Electra to her current husband?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

2. What does the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?

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

4. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?

5. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?

(see the answer key)

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