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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 2 (p. 125-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does Clytemnestra send to Agamemnon through the herald?
(a) She has been loyal and faithful.
(b) She is pregnant with his child.
(c) She wants to take him to Apollo's temple for blessings.
(d) She does not wish to see him.

2. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) He perished at sea.
(b) He is still alive.
(c) He is wandering the earth for all eternity.
(d) His soul is restless.

3. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?
(a) Paris.
(b) Hector.
(c) Chryseis.
(d) Menelaus.

4. In the first part of the first play, what signal is the man on the roof looking for?
(a) A bonfire.
(b) A moonbeam.
(c) A ship.
(d) An arrow.

5. For which family member's sake did Agamemnon go to Troy?
(a) Paris.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Hector.
(d) Priam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the herald ask of the gods?

2. According to Clytemnestra, where are the signals that the man on the roof was watching for?

3. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?

4. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?

5. For what does the herald thank the gods?

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