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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 3 (p. 183-190).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) The ability of persuasion.
(c) The ability to speak in tongues.
(d) Immortality.

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

3. Who commanded Orestes to seek vengeance for his father's death?
(a) Hephaestus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hermes.

4. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?
(a) Agamemnon has died.
(b) Troy has defeated the Greeks.
(c) Menelaus will be taking over Mycenae.
(d) Troy has been defeated.

5. What does Agamemnon think about this particular welcome home?
(a) He is very happy with it.
(b) He wants his concubine to be impressed.
(c) He does not want his people to think poorly of him for not having a grand entrance.
(d) He does not want his people to think worse of him for being surrounded by indulgence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's last vision in "The Agamemnon"?

2. What will be the first action taken when Orestes and Pylades infiltrate the palace?

3. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

4. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?

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

(see the answer key)

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