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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. When Orestes returns in the end of Electra, what does he offer his sister to do with what she pleases?
2. Who tells Laius NOT to father a child?
3. What does Aegisthus throw on the altar when with Orestes?
4. What does Electra ask her husband to get for them?
5. Who locks Oedipus in the palace in shame?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to Agamemnon? What does the exposition tell us happened with Orestes and Electra?
2. What is the irony of Electra's stance on woman's subservience?
3. Describe the dramatic irony in the messenger's speech to Electra in Part Three of the play.
4. How does Clytemnestra's fate show how punishment for women is different than for men?
5. How does Electra react to the strangers coming into her home?
6. What does the farmer chide Electra for as she speaks to Orestes in Part Two of Electra?
7. What does Orestes comment on about riches regarding the farmer? What prompts this?
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. Why and with whom has Orestes returned to Argos? Where do we first find him in the play Electra?
10. What does Electra tell the messenger (Orestes) to relay to him about returning?
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
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the details of the exposition in Electra from the opening speeches.
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