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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. What does Clytemnestra wish for herself and her country at the end of the Agamemnon?
(a) She wishes to have another child to take over for her.
(b) She wishes to retire as queen.
(c) She wishes to conquer the next city.
(d) She wishes to live peacefully.

2. What does Clytemnestra's entrance reveal in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Orestes has returned.
(b) The ghost of her daughter is following her.
(c) Agamemnon and Cassandra are murdered.
(d) Aegisthus is preparing to murder her.

3. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Hades.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermes.

4. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?
(a) Mycenae.
(b) Troy.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Athens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?

2. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?

3. For what does Aegisthus thank the gods in the fifth part of the first play?

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

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

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