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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 Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?
(a) He wonders if they are there to mourn his father or a new tragedy.
(b) He wonders if they are there to desecrate the tomb.
(c) He wonders if they are there to celebrate his father's life.
(d) He wonders if they are there to move his father's body to safety.

2. When does the second play take place?
(a) Weeks after Agamemnon's death.
(b) Several years after Agamemnon's death.
(c) Hours after Agamemnon's death.
(d) Several days after Agamemnon's death.

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

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

5. What does Clytemnestra claim about her life since Agamemnon left for war?
(a) She says that she remarried in his absence.
(b) She claims to have been lonely without him.
(c) She claims that her life improved after he left.
(d) She claims to have been fine without him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

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

3. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?

4. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?

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

(see the answer key)

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