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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 does Clytemnestra assume about Cassandra?
(a) Cassandra does not understand what is being said.
(b) Cassandra is being belligerent.
(c) Cassandra is not very smart.
(d) Cassandra is deaf.

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

3. For what does Clytemnestra scold the chorus in the second part of the first play?
(a) Not respecting Agamemnon.
(b) Not listening to the herald.
(c) Not believing her.
(d) Not offering proper prayers to the gods.

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

5. What god does the leader of the chorus praise for Agamemnon's victory?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Cassandra enters the castle and their monologue is interrupted, what dispute rises amongst the chorus?

3. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?

4. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?

5. What reasoning did Clytemnestra give for exiling a certain person before the events of "The Agamemnon"?

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