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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 do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?
(a) A gold cloth.
(b) A white cloth.
(c) A red cloth.
(d) A purple cloth.

2. What was Apollo's reaction to Cassandra not meeting his expectations when he granted her with a gift?
(a) He turned the other gods against her.
(b) He took away her gift of prophecy.
(c) He cursed her to speak the truth but never to be believed.
(d) He impregnated her, shaming her family.

3. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?
(a) He brings news of Aegisthus.
(b) He brings news of Agamemnon.
(c) He brings news of Orestes.
(d) He brings news of Iphigenia.

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

5. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?
(a) He dishonored Aphrodite.
(b) He rejected Apollo.
(c) He murdered Menelaus.
(d) He kidnapped Helen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?

3. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?

4. What does Agamemnon think about this particular welcome home?

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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