Euripides V Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Euripides V Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
(a) Rice.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Barley.

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

6. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Pylades.

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

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

9. What does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?
(a) An upcoming feast day.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A funeral.
(d) Her brother's arrival.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Oedipus have?

2. What does Electra chide her husband for after the messenger has appeared?

3. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

4. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?

5. What is Electra doing when Orestes first sees her?

(see the answer keys)

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