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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to inform Electra of the success of Orestes' deed?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Agamemnon's servant.
(c) Agamemon.
(d) Orestes' servant.

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

3. What is the scene set before in The Phoenician Women?
(a) A farmhouse.
(b) A funeral pyre.
(c) A fortress.
(d) A palace.

4. In what city-state does Clytemnestra rule?
(a) Thebes.
(b) Athens.
(c) Argos.
(d) Troy.

5. How many children does Oedipus have?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

6. Orestes tells Electra that he's having second thoughts about killing whom?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Aegisthus.

7. Who is Agamemnon's son?
(a) Dioscuri.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

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

9. What has Orestes returned to do in Electra?
(a) Marry Iphegenia.
(b) Take the crown from his brother.
(c) Kill Aegisthus and Clytemnestra.
(d) Marry Electra.

10. Who says our daily food is a small matter in Electra?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Iphegenia.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) The farmer.

11. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Teiresius.

12. Who does Electra send her husband to go find when the strangers enter the cottage?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Her father's servant.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opening scene of Electra?

2. Who is Laius' son?

3. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?

4. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?

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

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