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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. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?
(a) He believes it is more touching to walk in together.
(b) He believes it is more humbling.
(c) He believes it is grander.
(d) He does not care about Clytemnestra's feelings on the matter.

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

3. What does Pylades advise Orestes to do?
(a) Orestes will be looked upon as weak if he does not kill Clytemnestra.
(b) Orestes will be murdered by Clytemnestra if he does not kill her first.
(c) The oracle said Orestes must kill his mother.
(d) Electra will be cursed if Orestes does not follow through with his revenge.

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

5. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?
(a) A gold cloth.
(b) A white cloth.
(c) A red cloth.
(d) A purple cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

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

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

4. What is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?

5. To whom does Orestes pray while at his father's tomb?

(see the answer key)

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