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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 is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Aegisthus's body.
(b) His father's armor.
(c) Cilissa's body.
(d) Electra's body.

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

3. What does Orestes wonder about Aegisthus after he has murdered his mother?
(a) He wonders if Aegisthus was truly guilty.
(b) He wonders if Aegisthus is receiving an adulterer's punishment.
(c) He wonders if Aegisthus was repenting his sins in the last moments of his life.
(d) He wonders if Aegisthus suffered during his death.

4. According to the chorus of women, what will atone for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) Clytemnestra's resignation of the throne.
(b) A blood sacrifice.
(c) An apology.
(d) Electra giving herself over to the gods.

5. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?
(a) A footrace.
(b) A sailing ship.
(c) A horse race.
(d) A child's game.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?

3. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?

4. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

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

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