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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Part 1 (p. 199-205).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clytemnestra grieve after the false news of her son's death?
(a) She regrets banishing him..
(b) Orestes was the only child she loved.
(c) She regrets her treatment of Electra.
(d) Orestes is the only hope of breaking the family curse.

2. What do Orestes and Electra ask of their father's spirit?
(a) They ask for release.
(b) They ask for strength and guidance.
(c) They ask for safe passage to the castle.
(d) They ask for forgiveness.

3. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.
(b) They got what they deserved.
(c) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.
(d) It is a tragedy.

4. What false news does the disguised Orestes give Clytemnestra?
(a) Orestes is returning.
(b) Orestes is dead.
(c) Electra has run away.
(d) Electra is dead.

5. Who is the first character to speak in "The Oresteia"?
(a) The leader of the chorus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) The Watchman.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes leave behind at his father's tomb in tribute ?

2. What happened to Clytemnestra in her dream when she tried to nurse what she'd been birthed?

3. About whom was the oracle's vision?

4. How does Orestes convince Electra that he is her brother when they find each other at Agamemnon's tomb?

5. What is Clytemnestra's plan for ruling Mycenae at the end of the Agamemnon?

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