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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 3 (p.133-140).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?
(a) He says that it is clearly meant for someone else.
(b) He says it is suited for gods, not mortals.
(c) He says it is too poor for a king.
(d) He does not find it unsuitable.

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

3. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) It is a tragedy.
(b) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.
(c) They got what they deserved.
(d) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.

4. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Electra.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Hecuba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For which family member's sake did Agamemnon go to Troy?

2. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?

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

4. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?

5. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?

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