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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. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?
(a) Tea leaves.
(b) The bull's innards.
(c) A bowl of water.
(d) A mirror.

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

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

4. Who says that good character cannot be judged by riches, poverty or courage?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Electra.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

5. What does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?
(a) A wig.
(b) A tiara.
(c) A water jug.
(d) A crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

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

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

4. Orestes fears being tried for what?

5. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?

(see the answer key)

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