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

2. Why does the herald believe what he claims about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) Menelaus angered the gods by burning Troy.
(b) Menelaus is too good of a sailor to get lost.
(c) Helen loves Menelaus too much to harm him.
(d) He does not believe Zeus is ready to take him yet.

3. What did Apollo expect in return for the gift he granted to Cassandra?
(a) Cassandra was to give herself to him.
(b) Cassandra was to honor him publicly.
(c) Cassandra was to renounce all other gods.
(d) Cassandra was to build a shrine to him.

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

5. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?
(a) Orestes' sword.
(b) A lock of Orestes' hair.
(c) Letters she wrote to her brother.
(d) A book of verse.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does the herald thank the gods?

2. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?

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

4. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

5. Who accompanies Orestes to Agamemnon's tomb in the beginning of the second play?

(see the answer key)

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