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

2. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) The farmer.
(d) Electra.

3. Who is Agamemnon's son?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Pylades.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?

2. What does Laius do with his son?

3. Who does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?

4. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

5. Who is the wife of Laius?

(see the answer key)

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