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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 does Electra find on her father's tomb?
(a) A book of verse.
(b) Letters she wrote to her brother.
(c) Orestes' sword.
(d) A lock of Orestes' hair.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes hold up as proof that his father has been avenged?

2. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?

3. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?

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

5. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

(see the answer key)

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