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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Part 3 (p.215-230).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Wise.
(b) Thrice-cursed.
(c) God-abandoned.
(d) Loving.

2. Why is the herald so joyful?
(a) Clytemnestra favors him.
(b) He is home in Mycenae.
(c) He is gotten married.
(d) The gods have spoken to him.

3. What does Agamemnon think about this particular welcome home?
(a) He does not want his people to think worse of him for being surrounded by indulgence.
(b) He does not want his people to think poorly of him for not having a grand entrance.
(c) He wants his concubine to be impressed.
(d) He is very happy with it.

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

5. What does Orestes hold up as proof that his father has been avenged?
(a) The cloth that Agamemnon was trapped in before he was murdered.
(b) The crown.
(c) His mother's bloody robes.
(d) Aegisthus's bloody robes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?

3. For what does the herald thank the gods?

4. What has Electra been forced to do in the years since her father's death?

5. What does the chorus instruct Cilissa to do instead of following Clytemnestra's orders?

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