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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?
(a) His daughters.
(b) His sons.
(c) His wife.
(d) Creon.

2. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Pylades.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

2. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?

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

4. Who appears in the heavens at the end of Electra?

5. Who is killed in sacrifice for the Trojan War?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the servant say Orestes won't be killed by approaching Aegisthus?

2. What happened to Agamemnon? What does the exposition tell us happened with Orestes and Electra?

3. Who brings Electra food for their guests? What does he bring? What is his connection to Orestes?

4. What is the central conflict in The Phoenician Women?

5. How does Clytemnestra's fate show how punishment for women is different than for men?

6. The end of the Electra reveals the author's (and likely the society's) point of view. What is it?

7. Who are the Phoenician Women? What are their feelings in the play?

8. Who delivers the final judgment in Electra? What is it?

9. How are the deaths in the end of Electra received by the characters?

10. How is Antigone's entrance in The Phoenician Women used as an aid to the audience?

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