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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 does Clytemnestra remind the chorus to do after Aegisthus's outburst?
(a) Make offerings for Agamemnon's soul.
(b) Never tell anyone what they witnessed.
(c) Pray to the gods.
(d) Keep to their place.

2. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?
(a) In a chariot.
(b) On foot.
(c) In a horse-cart.
(d) On horse back.

3. What does the herald ask of the gods?
(a) He asks that they send a sign for whether he should leave the city.
(b) He asks that they send Agamemmon good winds for his journey.
(c) He asks that they bless Clytemnestra and her family.
(d) He asks that they continue to bless Agamemnon on his return home.

4. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Justice.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's last vision in "The Agamemnon"?

2. According to the herald and the chorus, what has happened to Agamemnon's brother?

3. After receiving news of the fall of Troy, which Trojan does the chorus agree got what he deserved?

4. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?

5. What feelings suddenly strike the chorus after Agamemnon enters his palace?

(see the answer key)

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