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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 4 (9.190-196).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
(a) The sword has the family crest on it.
(b) She wrote the letters to her brother.
(c) She gave the book to her brother.
(d) His hair looks just like her own.

2. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Safe voyage overseas.
(b) Peace of mind.
(c) Success in his plan of revenge for his father's murder.
(d) His success in war.

3. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?
(a) Briseis.
(b) Hecuba.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Cassandra.

4. What does Agamemnon think about this particular welcome home?
(a) He does not want his people to think poorly of him for not having a grand entrance.
(b) He does not want his people to think worse of him for being surrounded by indulgence.
(c) He is very happy with it.
(d) He wants his concubine to be impressed.

5. Who accompanies Orestes to Agamemnon's tomb in the beginning of the second play?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) An oracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes leave behind at his father's tomb in tribute ?

2. What reasoning did Clytemnestra give for exiling a certain person before the events of "The Agamemnon"?

3. What is coming true for Clytemnestra in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?

4. How does Clytemnestra plead for her life to Orestes?

5. What does Orestes wonder about Aegisthus after he has murdered his mother?

(see the answer key)

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