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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. 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.

2. Who comprises the group of women at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Amazons.
(b) Priestesses of Apollo.
(c) Family servants who have been with them for years.
(d) Female Trojans whom Agamemnon took prisoner.

3. Why does Orestes wish to return to the oracle at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) He wants to receive absolution for his deeds.
(b) He wants to be reassured that he did the right thing.
(c) He wants another prophecy revealed to him.
(d) He wants to receive punishment for his deeds.

4. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Hades.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermes.

5. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Electra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?

2. When does the second play take place?

3. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?

4. What is the question on the chorus's mind after Orestes flees the palace?

5. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

(see the answer key)

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