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

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

3. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?
(a) Troy.
(b) Mycenae.
(c) Athens.
(d) Delphi.

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

5. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Chryseis.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clytemnestra try to get Cassandra to do in the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?

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

3. How does Clytemnestra defend her actions against Agamemnon to the chorus?

4. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

5. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?

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