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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 Aegisthus's reaction when the chorus brings up Clytemnestra and her role in the murders?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He goes back inside.
(c) He threatens them violently.
(d) He meekly agrees.

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

3. What does Clytemnestra call out for when she hears the noise from inside the palace in the third part of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) An axe.
(b) The Furies.
(c) A sword.
(d) Zeus's intervention.

4. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?
(a) His captive, Cassandra.
(b) His continued fealty to his people.
(c) His continued piety to the gods.
(d) Victory with Troy.

5. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?
(a) Andromache.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Hecuba.
(d) Briseis.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Cassandra pray in the fourth part of the first play?

2. What confuses Orestes about Clytemnestra's orders for the tomb?

3. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?

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

5. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?

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