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by Sophocles

Electra by Sophocles Quiz 1

1. Agamemnon is the son of...?

  • Pelops
  • Atreus
  • Orestes
  • Myrtilus

2. Agamemnon was married to...?

  • Aegisthus
  • Clytemnestra
  • Chrysothemis
  • Electra

3. Electra's siblings are...

  • Agamemnon and Myrtilus
  • Orestes and Agamemnon
  • Clytemnestra and Chrysothemis
  • Orestes and Chrysothemis

4. Which playwright wrote another play about Electra?

  • Euripides
  • Shaw
  • Chekhov
  • Ibsen

5. What sort of play is Electra?

  • Restoration comedy
  • Greek tragedy
  • French surrealist
  • Russian formalist

6. Paedagogus' job was...

  • Clytemnestra's servant
  • Orestes' tutor
  • midwife
  • builder

7. The scene of the play is set...

  • in Mycenae
  • on the battlefield
  • at Delphi
  • in Thebes

8. The setting of the play is...

  • before the royal palace
  • inside the palace
  • in the gardens
  • on the river

9. Who speaks the first speech of the play?

  • Clytemnestra
  • Chrysothemis
  • Paedagogus
  • Orestes

10. Who did Agamemnon kill?

  • Iphigenia
  • Clytemnestra
  • Chrysothemis
  • Orestes

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