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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 5 (p.150-159).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?
(a) His continued piety to the gods.
(b) Victory with Troy.
(c) His continued fealty to his people.
(d) His captive, Cassandra.

2. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) He is her son.
(b) He is her lover.
(c) He is her father.
(d) He is her brother.

3. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Justice.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Love.
(d) Loyalty.

4. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?
(a) Immortality.
(b) The ability to speak in tongues.
(c) The ability of persuasion.
(d) Prophecy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the herald ask of the gods?

2. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?

3. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"

4. For whom is the chorus crying out to return after the death of Agamemnon?

5. For what does Clytemnestra triumphantly reproach the chorus in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?

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