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

2. Who says to the dead Aegisthus that his marriage was godless and filled with evil?
(a) Electra.
(b) The farmer.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes.

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

4. Who is the wife of Laius?
(a) Electra.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Polyneices.

5. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

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

3. What does Aegisthus take to predict the future?

4. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?

5. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Orestes ask of the old man at the cottage?

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

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

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

6. Who recognizes Orestes?

7. What does Electra tell the messenger (Orestes) to relay to him about returning?

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

9. Why do the brothers in The Phoenician Women fight against fate?

10. What is the irony of Electra's stance on woman's subservience?

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