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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who recognizes Orestes in the cottage?
(a) Electra.
(b) Agamemnon's servant.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Clytemnestra.

3. Who does Electra ask to hide the body of Aegisthus?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The chorus.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The farmer.

4. The chorus in The Phoenician Women is waiting to be sent where?
(a) Dionysus' shrine.
(b) Teiresius' oracle.
(c) Loxias' oracle.
(d) Apollo's shrine.

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

6. 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) Oedipus.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Creon.
(d) Eteocles.

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

8. What is Aegisthus preparing to offer the goddess Nymphs in Electra?
(a) A slaughtered bull.
(b) A slaughtered virgin.
(c) A slaughtered dragon.
(d) A slaughtered lamb.

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

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

11. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus he is going to make a sacrifice for?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

12. By what is Orestes recognized?
(a) A scar.
(b) His eyes.
(c) His mouth.
(d) A freckle.

13. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?
(a) Hermia.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Dioscuri.
(d) Iphegenia.

14. What does the chorus do in Electra when Orestes is discovered?
(a) Run.
(b) Rejoice.
(c) Weep.
(d) Scream.

15. Who has called a truce to attempt to make peace in The Phoenician Women?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Antigone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Electra say would recognize her brother if he saw him?

2. What is the opening scene of Electra?

3. Where does The Phoenician Women take place?

4. Who kills Agamemnon?

5. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?

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