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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 has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Electra.
(c) The old servant.
(d) Orestes.

2. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her daughter's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her son's.
(d) Her husband's.

3. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Oedipus.

4. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?
(a) Athens.
(b) Troy.
(c) Argos.
(d) Thebes.

5. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?
(a) Second.
(b) Loving.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Trusting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?

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

3. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?

4. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?

5. Who invites the messengers into the cottage?

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