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

2. To whose daughter is Polyneices married?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Electra.
(c) Adrastus.
(d) Artemis.

3. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Loving.
(c) Trusting.
(d) Second.

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

5. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?
(a) Provisions.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Gold.
(d) Spices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opening scene of Electra?

2. Who is the wife of Laius?

3. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?

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

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

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