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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 does the chorus inform Electra of in the beginning of Electra?

2. Who was Clytemnestra's first husband?

3. Electra condemns all men who confuse what with power?

4. Who walks around Orestes looking at him in the cottage?

5. What is the opening scene of Electra?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What of Electra's demeanor in Part Three builds the tension of the play? What does she feel when she hears word from the messenger?

9. Describe the dramatic irony in the messenger's speech to Electra in Part Three of the play.

10. How does Electra react to the strangers coming into her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the protagonist of The Bacchae. What is different about this protagonist as opposed to the protagonists in the previous two plays? What are his objectives and actions in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the details of the exposition in Electra from the opening speeches.

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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