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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. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?
(a) At the palace.
(b) On the war field.
(c) Walking in a meadow.
(d) By the fortress.

2. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Semele.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

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

4. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Pylades.

5. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?
(a) Orestes'.
(b) Aegisthus'.
(c) Clytemnestra's.
(d) Agamemnon's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?

2. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

3. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?

4. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

5. Who is the wife of Laius?

(see the answer key)

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