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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 kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?
(a) He did not feel he had probable cause to go to Troy.
(b) A prophecy.
(c) No wind.
(d) He did not wish to leave his family.

2. According to Clytemnestra, where are the signals that the man on the roof was watching for?
(a) In caves.
(b) In trees.
(c) On ships strewn throughout the oceans.
(d) On top of mountains.

3. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?
(a) His continued piety to the gods.
(b) His continued fealty to his people.
(c) Victory with Troy.
(d) His captive, Cassandra.

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

5. Why does the herald believe what he claims about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) Menelaus angered the gods by burning Troy.
(b) Helen loves Menelaus too much to harm him.
(c) He does not believe Zeus is ready to take him yet.
(d) Menelaus is too good of a sailor to get lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lineage of the woman with Agamemnon in the third part of the first play?

2. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"

3. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?

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

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

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