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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?
(a) The one who saved Orestes.
(b) The one who works for Clytemnestra.
(c) The one who killed Agamemnon.
(d) The one who killed Pylades.

2. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?
(a) Not feeding her.
(b) Mistrusting her.
(c) Raping her.
(d) Abusing her.

3. Who does Electra call unfaithful, attractive to women, but a worthless coward underneath his pretty face?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

4. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?
(a) He was shot with an arrow.
(b) He was dropped as a child.
(c) Chasing a fawn.
(d) He was born with it.

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

6. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?
(a) Within the city.
(b) By the river.
(c) In the country.
(d) On a grave.

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

8. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Iphegenia.
(d) Her father's servant.

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

10. Where does Agamemnon go to fight?
(a) Troy.
(b) Argos.
(c) Olympus.
(d) Thebes.

11. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?
(a) Attending a banquet.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Singing.

12. Who takes the first year of rule over Thebes, but will not give up the throne when it comes time for his brother to take over?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Creon.
(d) Polyneices.

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

14. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?
(a) Money.
(b) Love.
(c) Rage.
(d) Lust.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

2. Who is Agamemnon's son?

3. What does the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?

4. The chorus in The Phoenician Women is waiting to be sent where?

5. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?

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