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

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

3. Who comprises the group of women at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Family servants who have been with them for years.
(b) Amazons.
(c) Female Trojans whom Agamemnon took prisoner.
(d) Priestesses of Apollo.

4. How does Orestes convince Electra that he is her brother when they find each other at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) He is wearing the robe she made for him.
(b) He has the marks from their mother's abuse on him.
(c) He bears letters from her.
(d) He looks like their father.

5. What does the herald ask of the gods?
(a) He asks that they bless Clytemnestra and her family.
(b) He asks that they send Agamemmon good winds for his journey.
(c) He asks that they send a sign for whether he should leave the city.
(d) He asks that they continue to bless Agamemnon on his return home.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

3. While mourning her father at his grave, what does Electra pray for the most?

4. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?

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

(see the answer key)

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