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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 red cloth.
(b) A white cloth.
(c) A gold cloth.
(d) A purple cloth.

2. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Briseis.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Andromache.

3. What does Clytemnestra claim about her life since Agamemnon left for war?
(a) She says that she remarried in his absence.
(b) She claims to have been fine without him.
(c) She claims to have been lonely without him.
(d) She claims that her life improved after he left.

4. What does Orestes believe about the vision he is having at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Aegisthus will try to avenge his death upon Electra.
(b) His father is cursing his son's actions.
(c) His mother will haunt him for all his days.
(d) The Furies are going to take revenge upon him for his mother.

5. According to the chorus of women, what will atone for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) A blood sacrifice.
(b) An apology.
(c) Electra giving herself over to the gods.
(d) Clytemnestra's resignation of the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agamemnon think about this particular welcome home?

2. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?

3. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

4. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?

5. What does Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?

(see the answer key)

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