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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 was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?
(a) He rejected Apollo.
(b) He murdered Menelaus.
(c) He dishonored Aphrodite.
(d) He kidnapped Helen.

2. When does the second play take place?
(a) Several days after Agamemnon's death.
(b) Several years after Agamemnon's death.
(c) Hours after Agamemnon's death.
(d) Weeks after Agamemnon's death.

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

4. What does part of the chorus suggest to Clytemnestra about her actions when they confront her?
(a) She has ended the curse.
(b) She has awakened the Furies.
(c) She has begun another curse.
(d) She is merely continuing the curse.

5. What does Electra find when she wonders aloud if her brother has returned?
(a) Offerings to the gods.
(b) A campfire.
(c) Pylades' pack.
(d) Orestes and Pylades' footprints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is concerning the chorus at the end of Play 1, Part 1?

2. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?

3. What does Cassandra remove from her person in the fourth part of the first play?

4. While mourning her father at his grave, what does Electra pray for the most?

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

(see the answer key)

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