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

2. Who does Orestes tell Aegisthus that he and his party are?
(a) Argives.
(b) Thessalians.
(c) Thebians.
(d) Trojans.

3. What is Oedipus awarded for lifting the torment on Thebes?
(a) The kingdom.
(b) A diamond.
(c) Noblehood.
(d) Gold.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Clytemnestra claim's she only avenged whose death?

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

3. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?

4. The old servant tells Orestes he must kill Aegisthus, but not where?

5. Who does Electra say was NOT properly buried?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the death of Aegisthus revealed? What effect does this have on the audience?

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

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

4. Who recognizes Orestes?

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

6. What does Electra do when she first sees Orestes?

7. What does Orestes comment on about riches regarding the farmer? What prompts this?

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

9. What led to Oedipus' downfall?

10. What does the farmer chide Electra for as she speaks to Orestes in Part Two of Electra?

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