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

2. What advice does Electra ask of the chorus while at her father's tomb?
(a) She is unsure of how to pray.
(b) She is unsure of where to go when she runs away.
(c) She is unsure of whether to mourn her father.
(d) She is unsure if she is truly her father's daughter.

3. What would happen to Orestes if he did not take revenge upon his mother, according the oracle?
(a) Orestes' own life would be cursed.
(b) Agamemnon would suffer in Hades.
(c) Aegisthus would murder Clytemnestra.
(d) Electra would die.

4. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
(a) She wrote the letters to her brother.
(b) His hair looks just like her own.
(c) She gave the book to her brother.
(d) The sword has the family crest on it.

5. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Love.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Justice.
(d) Vengeance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?

3. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

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

5. According to the chorus, what was Paris's crime?

(see the answer key)

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