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

2. Who accompanies Orestes to Agamemnon's tomb in the beginning of the second play?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) An oracle.
(d) Pylades.

3. For what does Clytemnestra triumphantly reproach the chorus in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Their ignorance about politics.
(b) Their reliance on the gods to intervene.
(c) Their support of Cassandra.
(d) Underestimating her because of her gender.

4. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?
(a) He brings news of Orestes.
(b) He brings news of Agamemnon.
(c) He brings news of Aegisthus.
(d) He brings news of Iphigenia.

5. What future events does Cassandra foresee after she sees the past?
(a) She sees herself escaping the city.
(b) She sees herself ruling Mycenae with Clytemnestra's lover.
(c) She sees the murder of herself and Agamemnon by Clytemnestra.
(d) She sees herself as queen of Mycenae.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first part of the first play, what signal is the man on the roof looking for?

2. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?

3. How does Clytemnestra defend her actions against Agamemnon to the chorus?

4. What is Aegisthus's reaction when the chorus brings up Clytemnestra and her role in the murders?

5. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

(see the answer key)

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