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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 is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?
(a) Cassandra refuses the wine Clytemnestra offers.
(b) She tells her she does not wish to leave the city.
(c) Cassandra throws herself at her feet.
(d) She does not move from the chariot.

2. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?
(a) No wind.
(b) He did not feel he had probable cause to go to Troy.
(c) He did not wish to leave his family.
(d) A prophecy.

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

4. What does Clytemnestra try to get Cassandra to do in the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Leave the city.
(b) Greet her properly.
(c) Drink some wine.
(d) Enter the palace.

5. What is Clytemnestra's final reaction to Cassandra?
(a) She begs the princess to leave.
(b) She begs the princess for forgiveness for her husband's actions.
(c) She tries to help the princess down from the chariot.
(d) She grows angry and goes inside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's final prayer?

2. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?

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

4. For what does Clytemnestra particularly take offense with the chorus while reveling in her triumph?

5. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?

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