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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 1 (p. 165-171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Agamemnon agree to walk on the carpet?
(a) On a horse.
(b) In his boots.
(c) Carrying his wife.
(d) Barefoot.

2. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(b) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
(c) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(d) The offerings come from a loyal follower.

3. Who is the first character to speak in "The Oresteia"?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) The Watchman.
(d) The leader of the chorus.

4. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.
(b) It is a tragedy.
(c) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.
(d) They got what they deserved.

5. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?
(a) His thoughts of his children.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) His thoughts of his wife.
(d) His thoughts of his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Clytemnestra scold the chorus in the second part of the first play?

2. After Cassandra enters the castle and their monologue is interrupted, what dispute rises amongst the chorus?

3. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?

4. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?

5. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?

(see the answer key)

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