Electra by Sophocles Quizzes

Electra by Sophocles Quiz 1

1 Agamemnon is the son of...?
Orestes

Myrtilus

Pelops

Atreus
2 Agamemnon was married to...?
Aegisthus

Electra

Clytemnestra

Chrysothemis
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?
Ibsen

Chekhov

Shaw

Euripides
5 What sort of play is Electra?
Restoration comedy

French surrealist

Greek tragedy

Russian formalist
6 Paedagogus' job was...
Orestes' tutor

Clytemnestra's servant

builder

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

in Mycenae

at Delphi

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

on the river

inside the palace

before the royal palace
9 Who speaks the first speech of the play?
Chrysothemis

Orestes

Paedagogus

Clytemnestra
10 Who did Agamemnon kill?
Orestes

Clytemnestra

Chrysothemis

Iphigenia
11 Why did Agamemnon kill his daughter?
To appease Artemis

To be revenged on Aegisthus

To appease Jupiter

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

Killed an animal in a sacred place

Married Clytemnestra

Run away from them
13 How did Clytemnestra avenge herself for Iphigenia's death?
Killed Electra

Killed Oedipus

Killed Agamemnon

Killed Orestes
14 For what crime is Orestes keen to kill Clytemnestra?
The death of his father

The death of his brother

The death of his uncle

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

Paedagogus

Electra

Chrysothemis
16 To which oracle did Orestes go?
Thebes

Artemis at Colonos

'Pytho's place of prophecy'

Oedipus at Colonos
17 What question does Orestes seem to have asked the Oracle?
Who killed Agamemnon?

How should I kill my mother?

Should I kill my mother?

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

How should I kill my mother?

Who killed Agamemnon?

Should I kill my mother?
19 What did the Oracle reply?
Pause before doing the deed to question the justice of it.

Don't take spears or shields, but kill with justice and stealth.

Under no circumstances go alone.

Consider all men your enemies rather than the gods.
20 How does Orestes describe himself?
an avenging angel

a purifier in justice sent by the gods

a timid man determined to make his mark

a hitman, serving the eye of right
21 What is the first thing Electra speaks in the play?
'Strike her again!'

'Orestes - come home'

An offstage cry

'Help me ye Gods'
22 Does Orestes initially wait onstage to see Electra?
No, as Electra cannot see him

Yes, he embraces her

Yes, but she does not recognise him

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

Holy Light

Orestes

Clytemnestra
24 What does the Chorus try to do on Electra's first appearance?
Shut her up

Kill her

Distract her from Orestes

Console and advise her
25 Electra says that the 'most of' her life 'has gone by without....' ?
sadness

hope

love

bitterness