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

2. How is Aegisthus related to the house of Atreus?
(a) He is the cousin of Atreus.
(b) He is the son of Atreus.
(c) He is the husband of Atreus's daughter.
(d) He is the nephew of Atreus.

3. What is Aegisthus's reaction when the chorus brings up Clytemnestra and her role in the murders?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He threatens them violently.
(c) He goes back inside.
(d) He meekly agrees.

4. To what does the chorus compare Troy after the herald exits?
(a) A wise king with a terrible advisor.
(b) A beloved, though ungrateful child.
(c) An old man.
(d) A new baby.

5. 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) Keep to their place.
(d) Pray to the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

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

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

4. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?

5. According to the chorus, what was Paris's crime?

(see the answer key)

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