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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 past events does Cassandra see in a vision?
(a) The kidnapping of Helen.
(b) The death of Achilles.
(c) The tragedies of the house of Atreus.
(d) The fall of Troy.

2. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?
(a) A goat.
(b) A gorgon.
(c) A snake.
(d) A lion.

3. What does Cassandra remove from her person in the fourth part of the first play?
(a) The chains Agamemnon put around her.
(b) Her royal jewelry.
(c) The crest of her family.
(d) Her long hair.

4. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(b) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(c) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
(d) The offerings come from a loyal follower.

5. What does Electra find when she wonders aloud if her brother has returned?
(a) Offerings to the gods.
(b) Pylades' pack.
(c) A campfire.
(d) Orestes and Pylades' footprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Orestes when he was told to avenge his father?

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

3. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?

4. According to the herald and the chorus, what has happened to Agamemnon's brother?

5. What does Orestes realize about his mother's dream?

(see the answer key)

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