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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. For which family member's sake did Agamemnon go to Troy?
(a) Hector.
(b) Priam.
(c) Paris.
(d) Menelaus.

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

3. What is the lineage of the woman with Agamemnon in the third part of the first play?
(a) She is the daughter of the queen of the Amazons.
(b) She is Helen's half sister.
(c) She is a Trojan princess.
(d) She is a priestess of Athena.

4. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?
(a) His fate will be to live a long life.
(b) His fate is open.
(c) His is preordained.
(d) The chorus says nothing about his fate.

5. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?
(a) Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War.
(b) King Priam is invading.
(c) Agamemnon has died.
(d) Menelaus is coming home from the Trojan War.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?

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

4. In the first part of the first play, according to Clytemnestra, what does Agamemnon have yet to endure?

5. What reasoning did Clytemnestra give for exiling a certain person before the events of "The Agamemnon"?

(see the answer key)

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