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

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

3. When the Furies do not awaken, what does the ghost urge them to dream about?
(a) Avenging their souls on their murderers.
(b) Running in the fields.
(c) Hunting wild animals.
(d) Destroying Orestes.

4. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(b) Cassandra is screaming.
(c) Agamemnon is screaming.
(d) Orestes returns to the city.

5. In what state is Orestes' old nurse, Cilissa, upon hearing that Orestes was murdered?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is relieved.
(c) She is distraught.
(d) She is happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

2. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

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

4. What does the herald ask of the gods?

5. Who comprises the group of women at Agamemnon's tomb?

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