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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. Why is the herald so joyful?
(a) The gods have spoken to him.
(b) He is gotten married.
(c) He is home in Mycenae.
(d) Clytemnestra favors him.

2. What does Clytemnestra claim about her life since Agamemnon left for war?
(a) She claims to have been lonely without him.
(b) She claims to have been fine without him.
(c) She claims that her life improved after he left.
(d) She says that she remarried in his absence.

3. To what does the chorus compare Troy after the herald exits?
(a) A beloved, though ungrateful child.
(b) An old man.
(c) A new baby.
(d) A wise king with a terrible advisor.

4. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?
(a) Briseis.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Andromache.

5. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?
(a) Agamemnon has died.
(b) Menelaus is coming home from the Trojan War.
(c) Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War.
(d) King Priam is invading.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?

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

4. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?

5. For what does the herald thank the gods?

(see the answer key)

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