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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. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Mycenae.
(c) Troy.
(d) Athens.

2. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?
(a) Agamemnon has died.
(b) King Priam is invading.
(c) Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War.
(d) Menelaus is coming home from the Trojan War.

3. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
(a) Electra.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Hecuba.
(d) Iphigenia.

4. According to Agamemnon, what was the cause of Troy's being "ground into dust?"
(a) It was the will of two kings.
(b) It was because of a misunderstanding.
(c) It was over a woman.
(d) It was the will of the gods.

5. To Aegisthus's consternation, of what does the chorus remind him?
(a) He is half the man that Agamemnon was.
(b) He is not of royal blood.
(c) Clytemnestra did all the work in murdering Agamemnon.
(d) He was not fit to be a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Clytemnestra's plan for ruling Mycenae at the end of the Agamemnon?

2. Who comprises the group of women at Agamemnon's tomb?

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

4. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?

5. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?

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