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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 4 (p.140150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?
(a) Troy.
(b) Athens.
(c) Mycenae.
(d) Delphi.

2. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?
(a) Victory at war.
(b) The homecoming.
(c) Love.
(d) The blessings of the gods.

3. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?
(a) Menelaus will be taking over Mycenae.
(b) Troy has defeated the Greeks.
(c) Agamemnon has died.
(d) Troy has been defeated.

4. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) They got what they deserved.
(b) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.
(c) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.
(d) It is a tragedy.

5. What future events does Cassandra foresee after she sees the past?
(a) She sees herself as queen of Mycenae.
(b) She sees herself escaping the city.
(c) She sees the murder of herself and Agamemnon by Clytemnestra.
(d) She sees herself ruling Mycenae with Clytemnestra's lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first part of the first play, according to Clytemnestra, what does Agamemnon have yet to endure?

2. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?

3. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?

4. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?

5. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?

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