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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 is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?
(a) A farmhouse.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A funeral pyre.
(d) A palace.

2. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?
(a) Agamemon.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Orestes' servant.
(d) Agamemnon's servant.

3. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
(a) Water.
(b) Barley.
(c) Wine.
(d) Rice.

4. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered bull.
(b) A slaughtered lamb.
(c) A slaughtered virgin.
(d) A slaughtered dragon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?

2. Orestes fears being tried for what?

3. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?

4. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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