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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 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.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
(a) Hecuba.
(b) Electra.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Orestes remind his mother of when she pleads for her life?

5. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"

(see the answer key)

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