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

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

3. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?
(a) The kidnapping of Helen.
(b) The death of Achilles.
(c) The fall of Troy.
(d) The tragedies of the house of Atreus.

4. What goddess demanded Iphigenia in sacrifice?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Hera.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

5. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"
(a) It was the will of the gods.
(b) It was the will of two kings.
(c) It was over a woman.
(d) It was because of a misunderstanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Clytemnestra's message to the herald, how has she kept her husband's house?

2. What does Cassandra remove from her person in the fourth part of the first play?

3. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?

4. What does part of the chorus suggest to Clytemnestra about her actions when they confront her?

5. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?

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