The Oresteia Quiz Questions | Quiz: Play 2, Part 4 (9.190-196)

Quiz: Play 2, Part 4 (9.190-196)

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. What question does Orestes ask Pylades while confronted by his mother?
a) He does not know if he should kill himself after his revenge.
b) He does not know whether he should kill his sister.
c) He does not know whether he should kill his mother or spare her.
d) He does not know if Zeus is truly watching.

2. How does Clytemnestra plead for her life to Orestes?
a) She reminds Orestes that she is his mother.
b) She tells him Iphigenia pleaded for her life before being sacrificed.
c) She tells Orestes she was ordered by Zeus to kill Agamemnon.
d) She reminds him that Electra will be motherless.

3. What is...
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