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

2. What has Clytemnestra placed at all the shrines in Mycenae?
(a) Blasphemous offerings.
(b) Offerings to the gods.
(c) Maidens to pray.
(d) Guards.

3. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) He is still alive.
(b) He is wandering the earth for all eternity.
(c) His soul is restless.
(d) He perished at sea.

4. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?
(a) He murdered Menelaus.
(b) He dishonored Aphrodite.
(c) He rejected Apollo.
(d) He kidnapped Helen.

5. For what does the herald thank the gods?
(a) He thanks them for blessing him and the army.
(b) He thanks them for speaking to him.
(c) He thanks them for having such a benevolent queen.
(d) He thanks them for sending him his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the herald ask of the gods?

2. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?

3. What god does the leader of the chorus praise for Agamemnon's victory?

4. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?

5. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?

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