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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 does Aegisthus brag about to the chorus?
(a) He claims to have killed Agamemnon.
(b) He claims to have bested Apollo in a competition.
(c) He claims to have planned Agamemnon's death.
(d) He claims to have killed Cassandra.

2. What message does Clytemnestra send to Agamemnon through the herald?
(a) She wants to take him to Apollo's temple for blessings.
(b) She does not wish to see him.
(c) She has been loyal and faithful.
(d) She is pregnant with his child.

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

4. What does Clytemnestra's entrance reveal in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Agamemnon and Cassandra are murdered.
(b) The ghost of her daughter is following her.
(c) Aegisthus is preparing to murder her.
(d) Orestes has returned.

5. How does Orestes convince Electra that he is her brother when they find each other at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) He looks like their father.
(b) He has the marks from their mother's abuse on him.
(c) He is wearing the robe she made for him.
(d) He bears letters from her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Apollo's reaction to Cassandra not meeting his expectations when he granted her with a gift?

3. According to Clytemnestra's message to the herald, how has she kept her husband's house?

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

5. What is Cassandra's final prayer?

(see the answer key)

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