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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. Electra condemns all men who are what to their wives?

2. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?

3. Who does Electra NOT want the body to be seen by?

4. By what is Orestes recognized?

5. In The Phoenician Women, who has been living in Argos and marries a woman there?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe briefly the theme of fate in The Phoenician Women.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Discuss the theme of "Fate" in The Phoenician Women. How does this theme attribute to the actions of Polyneices and Eteocles? To Oedipus? To Antigone?

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