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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?
(a) The kingdom.
(b) Noblehood.
(c) A diamond.
(d) Gold.

3. How long is Agamemnon gone to war?
(a) One year.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Three years.

4. Where does Orestes' party find Aegisthus?
(a) Walking in a meadow.
(b) By the fortress.
(c) At the palace.
(d) On the war field.

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

6. Who kills Agamemnon?
(a) Iphegenia.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Orestes and Electra.
(d) Clytemnestra and Aegisthus.

7. Who says that good character cannot be judged by riches, poverty or courage?
(a) Pylades.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Electra.
(d) Orestes.

8. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Clytemnestra.

9. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?
(a) Her daughter's.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) Her husband's.
(d) Her son's.

10. Who does Aegisthus beg to protect him and destroy his enemies?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) The Nymphs.
(c) Ares.
(d) Zeus.

11. What kind of knife does Orestes ask for to butcher the animal?
(a) Andrean.
(b) Arteman.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Phthian.

12. Who does Orestes say must be repaid for his kindness?
(a) The farmer.
(b) The old man.
(c) Electra.
(d) Aegisthus.

13. Who has a plan for how to kill Clytemnestra?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Electra.
(c) The old servant.
(d) Aegisthus.

14. Orestes fears being tried for what?
(a) Matricide.
(b) Murder.
(c) Theft.
(d) Patricide.

15. What kind of blade does Orestes use to skin the animal with Aegisthus?
(a) Trojan.
(b) Curmean.
(c) Dorian.
(d) Artemen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

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

3. Who is Laius' son?

4. Who does the chorus sing of, that went with Agamemnon to war?

5. When Orestes returns, who does Electra praise for his faithful friendship?

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