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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. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?
(a) Barefoot.
(b) Carrying his wife.
(c) On a horse.
(d) In his boots.

2. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?
(a) Agamemnon has died.
(b) Troy has defeated the Greeks.
(c) Troy has been defeated.
(d) Menelaus will be taking over Mycenae.

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

4. Why is the herald so joyful?
(a) He is gotten married.
(b) He is home in Mycenae.
(c) The gods have spoken to him.
(d) Clytemnestra favors him.

5. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?
(a) There are no princes and princesses left in the city.
(b) Agamemnon does not wish to come home.
(c) Clytemnestra has been unfaithful to her husband.
(d) People in Mycenae have been grieving for their loved ones at war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What message does Clytemnestra send to Agamemnon through the herald?

2. To what does the chorus compare Troy after the herald exits?

3. After receiving news of the fall of Troy, which Trojan does the chorus agree got what he deserved?

4. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

5. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?

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