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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) Creon.
(b) His sons.
(c) His daughters.
(d) His wife.

2. Who enters with Orestes in his first appearance in Electra?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

4. Who does Orestes pretend to be when he meets his sister?
(a) A beggar.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A king.
(d) A messenger.

5. Who is Clytemnestra's daughter?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Electra.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Dioscuri.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who makes up the chorus in Electra?

4. Who does Electra tell her husband the messengers are from?

5. Who becomes Clytemnestra's lover?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the chorus sing of once Orestes and Electra exit in Part Two of Electra?

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

8. What is Electra doing when she first enters the play? What does her farmer chide her for?

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

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

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