The Oresteia Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Oresteia Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 4 (p.140150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(b) Orestes returns to the city.
(c) Agamemnon is screaming.
(d) Cassandra is screaming.

2. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?
(a) She is an inexperienced queen.
(b) She is not faithful to her husband.
(c) She is not a holy woman.
(d) She is a woman.

3. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?
(a) The fall of Troy.
(b) The death of Achilles.
(c) The tragedies of the house of Atreus.
(d) The kidnapping of Helen.

4. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"
(a) It was over a woman.
(b) It was the will of the gods.
(c) It was the will of two kings.
(d) It was because of a misunderstanding.

5. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?
(a) A white cloth.
(b) A red cloth.
(c) A purple cloth.
(d) A gold cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?

2. In the first part of the first play, what signal is the man on the roof looking for?

3. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?

4. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?

5. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

(see the answer key)

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