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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 walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Electra.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) The servant.

2. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. Who is killed by stones dropped from the wall in the battle in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Parthenopaeus.
(d) Cartemus.

4. What does Electra's husband chastise her for doing in the beginning of Electra?
(a) Singing.
(b) Servile tasks.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Beating a cow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?

2. For what does Aegisthus offer Orestes party water?

3. What does Electra have upon hear head when she first enters the play?

4. Who does the messenger tell Creon is dead near the end of The Phoenician Women?

5. Who does Electra tell that her husband is alive?

(see the answer key)

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