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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Phoenician Women, pages 114-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?
(a) Hera.
(b) Ares.
(c) Pallas.
(d) Zeus.

3. Who does Eteocles ask Creon to speak to of the coming war?
(a) Teiresius.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Menoeceus.
(d) Zeus.

4. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) The farmer.

5. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Electra.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who attacks with spears, but is fought off by the Thebian army in The Phoenician Women?

2. Who does the chorus sing about that would right the wrongs being slain in Electra?

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

4. Who is Antigone's betrothed husband the son of?

5. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?

(see the answer key)

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