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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. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Love.
(b) Vengeance.
(c) Justice.
(d) Loyalty.

2. What did Apollo expect in return for the gift he granted to Cassandra?
(a) Cassandra was to give herself to him.
(b) Cassandra was to honor him publicly.
(c) Cassandra was to renounce all other gods.
(d) Cassandra was to build a shrine to him.

3. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?
(a) His thoughts of his children.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) His thoughts of his wife.
(d) His thoughts of his home.

4. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?
(a) He kidnapped Helen.
(b) He dishonored Aphrodite.
(c) He rejected Apollo.
(d) He murdered Menelaus.

5. According to the chorus, what was Paris's crime?
(a) Kidnapping Helen to break the peace.
(b) Following the will of the gods.
(c) Breaking the laws of nature.
(d) Following his heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?

2. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

3. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

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

5. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

(see the answer key)

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