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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Electra's husband say that it's improper for Electra to do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Sing.
(c) Go to festivals.
(d) Speak with strange men.

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

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

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

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

6. What food and provisions are brought to Electra for her and her guests?
(a) Lamb, onions, and potatoes.
(b) Bull, mead and water.
(c) Lamb, flowers, cheese and wine.
(d) Lamb, olives, and water.

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

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

9. Who married Electra to her current husband?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Orestes.

10. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
(a) Oracles.
(b) Teiresius.
(c) The Dioscuri.
(d) Dionysus.

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

12. Who is Electra married to?
(a) A poor farmer.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Pylades.

13. Whose servant arrives with food for Electra and her guests?
(a) Clytemnestra's.
(b) Orestes'.
(c) Aegisthus'.
(d) Agamemnon's.

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

15. Whose marriage in Electra has NOT been consummated?
(a) Antigone's.
(b) Clytemnestra's.
(c) Electra's.
(d) Orestes'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?

2. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?

3. What goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

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

5. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?

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