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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 goddess will be celebrated in the beginning of Electra?

2. Who has Agamemnon brought back as a concubine from the war?

3. What has Oedipus outwitted in The Phoenician Women?

4. Who does Oedipus marry?

5. Who does Electra explain to her guests the servant is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who recognizes Orestes?

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

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

9. What led to Oedipus' downfall?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motivations and actions of the two characters, Jocasta and Antigone, in The Phoenician Women. What do these characters do to propel or block the actions taking place? Are they successful?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Polyneices and Eteocles in The Phoenician Women. How are these characters related? How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Revenge" in the play, Electra. How does this theme carry the action of the play? What characters embody this theme?

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