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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 goddess demanded Iphigenia in sacrifice?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

2. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?
(a) No wind.
(b) A prophecy.
(c) He did not feel he had probable cause to go to Troy.
(d) He did not wish to leave his family.

3. What has Clytemnestra placed at all the shrines in Mycenae?
(a) Maidens to pray.
(b) Blasphemous offerings.
(c) Guards.
(d) Offerings to the gods.

4. According to Clytemnestra, where are the signals that the man on the roof was watching for?
(a) On ships strewn throughout the oceans.
(b) In caves.
(c) On top of mountains.
(d) In trees.

5. Why does the herald believe what he claims about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) Menelaus angered the gods by burning Troy.
(b) Menelaus is too good of a sailor to get lost.
(c) He does not believe Zeus is ready to take him yet.
(d) Helen loves Menelaus too much to harm him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?

3. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?

4. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?

5. What is Clytemnestra's final reaction to Cassandra?

(see the answer key)

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