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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Part 1 (p. 199-205).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Aegisthus thank the gods in the fifth part of the first play?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Their benevolence.
(c) Justice.
(d) The chorus.

2. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?
(a) He does not care about Clytemnestra's feelings on the matter.
(b) He believes it is more humbling.
(c) He believes it is more touching to walk in together.
(d) He believes it is grander.

3. For what does Cassandra pray in the fourth part of the first play?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Agamemnon to survive.
(c) An easy death.
(d) An afterlife.

4. In the first play, how is the chorus described in the narration?
(a) A group of holy men.
(b) A group of young women.
(c) A group of young men.
(d) A group of old men.

5. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) He is her lover.
(b) He is her father.
(c) He is her son.
(d) He is her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?

2. To whom does the oracle pray after her vision in the beginning of The Eumenides?

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

4. Whom must Cilissa go fetch?

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

(see the answer key)

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