Electra by Sophocles Quizzes

Electra by Sophocles Quiz 1

By Robert William · Edited by Damien Chazelle · Last reviewed August 31, 2009

1 Agamemnon is the son of...?

Myrtilus

Orestes

Atreus

Pelops
2 Agamemnon was married to...?

Aegisthus

Electra

Clytemnestra

Chrysothemis
3 Electra's siblings are...

Agamemnon and Myrtilus

Orestes and Chrysothemis

Clytemnestra and Chrysothemis

Orestes and Agamemnon
4 Which playwright wrote another play about Electra?

Ibsen

Shaw

Chekhov

Euripides
5 What sort of play is Electra?

Russian formalist

Greek tragedy

Restoration comedy

French surrealist
6 Paedagogus' job was...

builder

Clytemnestra's servant

Orestes' tutor

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

at Delphi

on the battlefield

in Mycenae

in Thebes
8 The setting of the play is...

before the royal palace

in the gardens

on the river

inside the palace
9 Who speaks the first speech of the play?

Paedagogus

Chrysothemis

Orestes

Clytemnestra
10 Who did Agamemnon kill?

Chrysothemis

Orestes

Iphigenia

Clytemnestra
11 Why did Agamemnon kill his daughter?

To be revenged on Aegisthus

To appease Jupiter

To appease Artemis

To offend his wife
12 What had Agamemnon done to offend the gods?

Married Clytemnestra

Killed an animal in a sacred place

Run away from them

Killed his daughter
13 How did Clytemnestra avenge herself for Iphigenia's death?

Killed Oedipus

Killed Agamemnon

Killed Electra

Killed Orestes
14 For what crime is Orestes keen to kill Clytemnestra?

The death of his uncle

The death of his father

The death of his cat

The death of his brother
15 Who says "It is high time for action" at the start of the play?

Electra

Paedagogus

Chrysothemis

Clytemnestra
16 To which oracle did Orestes go?

Artemis at Colonos

Oedipus at Colonos

'Pytho's place of prophecy'

Thebes
17 What question does Orestes seem to have asked the Oracle?

How should I kill my mother?

Who killed Agamemnon?

Do I love my mother?

Should I kill my mother?
18 What question might we have expected Orestes to ask the Oracle?

Do I love my mother?

Should I kill my mother?

Who killed Agamemnon?

How should I kill my mother?
19 What did the Oracle reply?

Pause before doing the deed to question the justice of it.

Under no circumstances go alone.

Consider all men your enemies rather than the gods.

Don't take spears or shields, but kill with justice and stealth.
20 How does Orestes describe himself?

an avenging angel

a hitman, serving the eye of right

a timid man determined to make his mark

a purifier in justice sent by the gods
21 What is the first thing Electra speaks in the play?

'Orestes - come home'

'Strike her again!'

'Help me ye Gods'

An offstage cry
22 Does Orestes initially wait onstage to see Electra?

Yes, but she does not recognise him

No, as Electra cannot see him

Yes, he embraces her

No, he withdraws
23 To whom does Electra make her first prayer?

Clytemnestra

Chrysothemis

Holy Light

Orestes
24 What does the Chorus try to do on Electra's first appearance?

Distract her from Orestes

Kill her

Console and advise her

Shut her up
25 Electra says that the 'most of' her life 'has gone by without....' ?

sadness

hope

love

bitterness

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