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

2. What is concerning the chorus at the end of Play 1, Part 1?
(a) They do not know if Agamemnon knows that his wife has not been faithful.
(b) They do not know if Troy has truly fallen.
(c) They do not know if Agamemnon's return is as joyful as they believed.
(d) They do not know if there is a Trojan assassin waiting for them.

3. Whom must Cilissa go fetch?
(a) Electra.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) The leader of the chorus.

4. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Mycenae.

5. According to the chorus of women, what will atone for the murder of Agamemnon?
(a) Electra giving herself over to the gods.
(b) An apology.
(c) Clytemnestra's resignation of the throne.
(d) A blood sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?

2. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?

3. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

4. Towards the end of the first play, what does the chorus tell Clytemnestra they refuse to do?

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

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