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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. To whom does the oracle pray after her vision in the beginning of The Eumenides?
(a) Athena.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

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

3. What does the herald ask of the gods?
(a) He asks that they continue to bless Agamemnon on his return home.
(b) He asks that they bless Clytemnestra and her family.
(c) He asks that they send Agamemmon good winds for his journey.
(d) He asks that they send a sign for whether he should leave the city.

4. Who accompanies Orestes to Agamemnon's tomb in the beginning of the second play?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) An oracle.
(d) Odysseus.

5. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Troy.
(c) Mycenae.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first part of the first play, according to Clytemnestra, what does Agamemnon have yet to endure?

3. According to Clytemnestra, where are the signals that the man on the roof was watching for?

4. How is Aegisthus related to the house of Atreus?

5. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?

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