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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. Where does the action of the third part of "The Libation Bearers" take place?
(a) In front of the palace.
(b) Inside the palace.
(c) At Agamemnon's tomb.
(d) Inside the temple to Zeus.

2. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?
(a) A sailing ship.
(b) A footrace.
(c) A horse race.
(d) A child's game.

3. What feelings suddenly strike the chorus after Agamemnon enters his palace?
(a) They have feelings of sickness.
(b) They have feelings of hysteria.
(c) They have feelings of foreboding.
(d) They have feelings of joy.

4. What does Orestes believe about the vision he is having at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Aegisthus will try to avenge his death upon Electra.
(b) His mother will haunt him for all his days.
(c) The Furies are going to take revenge upon him for his mother.
(d) His father is cursing his son's actions.

5. What would happen to Orestes if he did not take revenge upon his mother, according the oracle?
(a) Electra would die.
(b) Agamemnon would suffer in Hades.
(c) Aegisthus would murder Clytemnestra.
(d) Orestes' own life would be cursed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?

2. What does Orestes remind his mother of when she pleads for her life?

3. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?

4. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?

5. For what does the chorus pray in the third part of the second play?

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