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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 city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?
(a) Mycenae.
(b) Athens.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Troy.

2. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?
(a) They sympathize with her.
(b) They are repulsed by her.
(c) They are in awe of her.
(d) They are dismissive of her.

3. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?
(a) A book of verse.
(b) Orestes' sword.
(c) A lock of Orestes' hair.
(d) Letters she wrote to her brother.

4. To whom does Cassandra initially cry out?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Athena.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

5. What does Orestes see when he cries out in terror after he has avenged his father's murder?
(a) Erinyes or Furies.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Clytemnestra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes realize about his mother's dream?

2. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?

3. What happened to Clytemnestra in her dream when she tried to nurse what she'd been birthed?

4. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?

5. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?

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