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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 Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?
(a) He says that it is clearly meant for someone else.
(b) He does not find it unsuitable.
(c) He says it is too poor for a king.
(d) He says it is suited for gods, not mortals.

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 Electra as an angry daughter.
(c) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(d) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .

3. What does Orestes see when he cries out in terror after he has avenged his father's murder?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Erinyes or Furies.
(d) Agamemnon.

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

5. How does Clytemnestra plead for her life to Orestes?
(a) She reminds Orestes that she is his mother.
(b) She reminds him that Electra will be motherless.
(c) She tells Orestes she was ordered by Zeus to kill Agamemnon.
(d) She tells him Iphigenia pleaded for her life before being sacrificed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?

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

3. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?

4. Who comprises the group of women at Agamemnon's tomb?

5. What question does Orestes ask Pylades while confronted by his mother?

(see the answer key)

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