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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. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"
(a) It was over a woman.
(b) It was the will of two kings.
(c) It was the will of the gods.
(d) It was because of a misunderstanding.

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

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

4. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
(b) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(c) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(d) The offerings come from a loyal follower.

5. To whom does Cassandra initially cry out?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?

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

3. What does Clytemnestra's entrance reveal in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?

4. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?

5. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?

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