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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 2 (p 171-183).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Electra been forced to do in the years since her father's death?
(a) Disown her brother.
(b) Treat Aegisthus as her father.
(c) Disown her father.
(d) Mourn him in secret.

2. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?
(a) In a chariot.
(b) On foot.
(c) On horse back.
(d) In a horse-cart.

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

4. For what does the herald thank the gods?
(a) He thanks them for having such a benevolent queen.
(b) He thanks them for sending him his wife.
(c) He thanks them for speaking to him.
(d) He thanks them for blessing him and the army.

5. Who commanded Orestes to seek vengeance for his father's death?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?

2. When does the second play take place?

3. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?

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

5. What future events does Cassandra foresee after she sees the past?

(see the answer key)

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