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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. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?
(a) Electra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Agamemnon's servant.

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

3. Eteocles tells Creon that Polyneices will do what?
(a) Give up.
(b) Take the crown.
(c) Wage war.
(d) Return in a month.

4. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?
(a) Troy.
(b) Athens.
(c) Argos.
(d) Thebes.

5. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?
(a) Thebians.
(b) Argives.
(c) Thessalians.
(d) Trojans.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?

2. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?

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

4. Who is Agamemnon's son?

5. Who is Laius' son?

(see the answer key)

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