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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. According to the chorus, what is the only thing Electra can pray for while at Agamemnon's grave?
(a) The return of her family.
(b) Her mother's salvation.
(c) Her own freedom.
(d) The death of her father's murderers.
2. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from a loyal follower.
(b) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(c) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(d) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
3. What reasoning did Clytemnestra give for exiling a certain person before the events of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) She wanted to keep her son safe from Trojan assassins.
(b) She was afraid that gods would smite her son.
(c) She wanted him out of the way of her lover's ascension.
(d) She was afraid her daughter might tempt her lover.
4. What does Orestes believe about the vision he is having at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) His mother will haunt him for all his days.
(b) His father is cursing his son's actions.
(c) Aegisthus will try to avenge his death upon Electra.
(d) The Furies are going to take revenge upon him for his mother.
5. Why does Orestes wish to return to the oracle at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) He wants to receive punishment for his deeds.
(b) He wants another prophecy revealed to him.
(c) He wants to be reassured that he did the right thing.
(d) He wants to receive absolution for his deeds.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Electra find when she wonders aloud if her brother has returned?
2. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?
3. While mourning her father at his grave, what does Electra pray for the most?
4. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?
5. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
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