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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. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?
(a) A gorgon.
(b) A snake.
(c) A lion.
(d) A goat.

2. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Hecuba.
(d) Electra.

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

4. What is Clytemnestra's final reaction to Cassandra?
(a) She begs the princess to leave.
(b) She tries to help the princess down from the chariot.
(c) She begs the princess for forgiveness for her husband's actions.
(d) She grows angry and goes inside.

5. For what does Clytemnestra particularly take offense with the chorus while reveling in her triumph?
(a) The chorus did not ask the gods to bless her.
(b) The chorus condemns her murder of Agamemnon, but not his murder of their daughter.
(c) The chorus sympathized with Cassandra.
(d) The chorus did not beg her for her forgiveness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the question on the chorus's mind after Orestes flees the palace?

2. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?

3. What is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?

4. In the first part of the first play, according to Clytemnestra, what does Agamemnon have yet to endure?

5. According to Apollo in the first part of the third play, where must Orestes travel?

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