Electra by Sophocles Quizzes

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