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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. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?
(a) They are dismissive of her.
(b) They are repulsed by her.
(c) They are in awe of her.
(d) They sympathize with her.

2. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?
(a) The ability to speak in tongues.
(b) Prophecy.
(c) The ability of persuasion.
(d) Immortality.

3. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?
(a) She refuses to run from her fate.
(b) She hears Clytemnestra calling for help.
(c) She has nothing else to do.
(d) She hears Agamemnon calling for her.

4. After receiving news of the fall of Troy, which Trojan does the chorus agree got what he deserved?
(a) Hector.
(b) Ajax.
(c) Paris.
(d) Aeneas.

5. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Agamemnon is screaming.
(b) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(c) Orestes returns to the city.
(d) Cassandra is screaming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?

3. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?

4. What is Cassandra's last vision in "The Agamemnon"?

5. What does Cassandra remove from her person in the fourth part of the first play?

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