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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opening scene of Electra?

2. How did Orestes attain the mark the servant speaks of?

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

4. Who does Aegisthus want to kill for fear of revenge?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who recognizes Orestes?

7. Who tells Electra of the upcoming feast? Why does she refuse to go?

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Defiance Against the Gods" in The Bacchae. What is Euripides' message with this theme? What is society's belief during this time? How does this theme justify the actions of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Electra. What is her lineage? Where is she now? What are her actions and objectives in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the character, Orestes? What is his relationship to Electra? What has he come to Argos to do? What obstacles does he face along his journey?

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