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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Part 3 (p.215-230).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?
(a) She watched the horizon every day for his ship.
(b) She watched for any sign from the gods.
(c) She watched the moon to see if the gods would tell her anything through it.
(d) She kept watch for any word of her husband.

2. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?
(a) His fate is open.
(b) His is preordained.
(c) The chorus says nothing about his fate.
(d) His fate will be to live a long life.

3. What happened to Clytemnestra in her dream when she tried to nurse what she'd been birthed?
(a) The goat ran away.
(b) The lion mauled her.
(c) The gorgon turned her to stone.
(d) The snake bit her and drew blood.

4. According to the chorus, what is the only thing Electra can pray for while at Agamemnon's grave?
(a) Her own freedom.
(b) The return of her family.
(c) Her mother's salvation.
(d) The death of her father's murderers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?

2. According to Apollo in the first part of the third play, where must Orestes travel?

3. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?

4. What is Aegisthus's reaction when the chorus brings up Clytemnestra and her role in the murders?

5. About whom was the oracle's vision?

(see the answer key)

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