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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. How many children does Oedipus have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

2. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Aegisthus.

3. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) A funeral.
(b) Her brother's arrival.
(c) A wedding.
(d) An upcoming feast day.

4. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Hera.

5. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father's servant.
(d) Iphegenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?

2. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

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

4. Who is Laius' son?

5. Who is the wife of Laius?

(see the answer key)

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