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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. Where was Orestes when he was told to avenge his father?
(a) Sparta.
(b) The oracle at Delphi.
(c) Athens.
(d) Ithaca.

2. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Success in his plan of revenge for his father's murder.
(b) Safe voyage overseas.
(c) His success in war.
(d) Peace of mind.

3. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Cassandra is screaming.
(b) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(c) Agamemnon is screaming.
(d) Orestes returns to the city.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clytemnestra assume about Cassandra?

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

3. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?

4. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?

5. To whom does Orestes pray while at his father's tomb?

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