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

2. Whom must Cilissa go fetch?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) The leader of the chorus.
(c) Electra.
(d) Clytemnestra.

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

4. What god does the leader of the chorus praise for Agamemnon's victory?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hera.

5. For what does Clytemnestra scold the chorus in the second part of the first play?
(a) Not offering proper prayers to the gods.
(b) Not respecting Agamemnon.
(c) Not listening to the herald.
(d) Not believing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?

2. What feelings suddenly strike the chorus after Agamemnon enters his palace?

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

4. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?

5. What does Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?

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