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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 2 (p. 125-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?
(a) She is not faithful to her husband.
(b) She is not a holy woman.
(c) She is an inexperienced queen.
(d) She is a woman.

4. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hector.
(d) Chryseis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?

2. For what does the herald thank the gods?

3. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?

4. According to the chorus, what was Paris's crime?

5. What does the herald ask of the gods?

(see the answer key)

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