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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 kills Laius in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Eteocles.

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

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

4. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Cassandra.

5. When Oedipus learns the truth about his background, what does he do?
(a) Leaves Thebes.
(b) Kills himself.
(c) Gouges out his eyes.
(d) Divorces his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Menoeceus do during the battle in The Phoenician Women?

2. Who married Electra to her current husband?

3. Who kills the dragon that Ares has fathered?

4. Who does Eteocles pray to for victory in the duel?

5. What has Oedipus outwitted in The Phoenician Women?

(see the answer key)

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