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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 the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?
(a) Scream.
(b) Rejoice.
(c) Weep.
(d) Run.

2. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Hera.
(d) Semele.

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

4. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?
(a) Thebian peasant women.
(b) Phoenician women.
(c) Trojan women.
(d) Argive peasant women.

5. How long is Agamemnon gone to war?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?

2. What does Orestes ask the old servant once he is discovered?

3. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?

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

5. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?

(see the answer key)

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