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

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

3. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?
(a) A footrace.
(b) A child's game.
(c) A horse race.
(d) A sailing ship.

4. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) His thoughts of his children.
(c) His thoughts of his wife.
(d) His thoughts of his home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?

2. According to the chorus, what is the only thing Electra can pray for while at Agamemnon's grave?

3. According to the chorus of women, what will atone for the murder of Agamemnon?

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

5. To whom does Orestes pray while at his father's tomb?

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