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

2. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?
(a) Electra's.
(b) Clytemnestra's.
(c) Antigone's.
(d) Orestes'.

3. Who takes a sword and stabs herself in the end of The Phoenician Women?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Electra.
(d) Creon.

4. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?
(a) Clytemnestra's.
(b) Aegisthus'.
(c) Agamemnon's.
(d) Orestes'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What god does the chorus bemoan in the last half of The Phoenician Women?

2. Who does Polyneices pray to for victory in the duel?

3. How does Eteocles suggest they attack the opposing army?

4. Who does Creon tell Eteocles has captured an opposing soldier?

5. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?

(see the answer key)

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