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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 Laius do with his son?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Abandons him to die.
(c) Buries him alive.
(d) Sells him to a farmer.

2. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

5. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?
(a) To drink.
(b) To give to their maidens.
(c) To wash.
(d) To clean meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Oedipus marry?

2. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?

3. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?

4. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?

(see the answer key)

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