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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 5 (p.150-159).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(b) Agamemnon is screaming.
(c) Orestes returns to the city.
(d) Cassandra is screaming.

4. For what does Cassandra pray in the fourth part of the first play?
(a) Redemption.
(b) An afterlife.
(c) Agamemnon to survive.
(d) An easy death.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?

3. What was Apollo's reaction to Cassandra not meeting his expectations when he granted her with a gift?

4. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?

5. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?

(see the answer key)

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