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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. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Electra.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Cassandra.

2. For what does Cassandra pray in the fourth part of the first play?
(a) An afterlife.
(b) An easy death.
(c) Agamemnon to survive.
(d) Redemption.

3. What future events does Cassandra foresee after she sees the past?
(a) She sees the murder of herself and Agamemnon by Clytemnestra.
(b) She sees herself as queen of Mycenae.
(c) She sees herself ruling Mycenae with Clytemnestra's lover.
(d) She sees herself escaping the city.

4. What message does Clytemnestra send to Agamemnon through the herald?
(a) She is pregnant with his child.
(b) She has been loyal and faithful.
(c) She does not wish to see him.
(d) She wants to take him to Apollo's temple for blessings.

5. What goddess demanded Iphigenia in sacrifice?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Electra ask of the chorus while at her father's tomb?

2. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?

3. In what state is Orestes' old nurse, Cilissa, upon hearing that Orestes was murdered?

4. What do Orestes and Electra ask of their father's spirit?

5. For what does Clytemnestra particularly take offense with the chorus while reveling in her triumph?

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