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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. What does Apollo tell the court about his decree to Orestes?
(a) He was passing on Zeus's judgment about justice.
(b) He cursed Clytemnestra and was passing on judgment.
(c) He was not acting upon any other's will but his own.
(d) He favored Agamemnon and was avenging his death.
2. After Cassandra enters the castle and their monologue is interrupted, what dispute rises amongst the chorus?
(a) They do not know if there are gods walking among them.
(b) They do not know if Agamemnon or Clytemnestra is the more vicious of the two rulers.
(c) They do not know whether to stop the murder or let it be.
(d) They do not know if Cassandra spoke the truth.
3. Where does the action of the third part of "The Libation Bearers" take place?
(a) Inside the palace.
(b) Inside the temple to Zeus.
(c) In front of the palace.
(d) At Agamemnon's tomb.
4. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(b) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
(c) The offerings come from a loyal follower.
(d) The offerings come from a detached subject.
5. How does Clytemnestra defend her actions against Agamemnon to the chorus?
(a) She argues that she ended the curse.
(b) She argues that the Furies will not hurt her.
(c) She argues that she cannot be cursed again.
(d) She argues that there never was a curse.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Orestes realize about his mother's dream?
2. What do the Furies celebrate in poem and dance in the second part of "The Eumenides"?
3. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?
4. What do the Furies claim about Orestes to Athena?
5. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?
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