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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. According to Apollo, why should Orestes be left alone?
(a) Electra would have killed Clytemnestra and Orestes saved her from it.
(b) Apollo himself sent Orestes to kill his mother.
(c) Orestes was meant to kill his mother a long time ago.
(d) Clytemnestra deserved to die.

2. 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) His mother's bloody robes.
(c) The crown.
(d) Aegisthus's bloody robes.

3. What did Apollo expect in return for the gift he granted to Cassandra?
(a) Cassandra was to give herself to him.
(b) Cassandra was to build a shrine to him.
(c) Cassandra was to renounce all other gods.
(d) Cassandra was to honor him publicly.

4. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Justice.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Love.

5. Where does the beginning of "The Eumenides" take place?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Mycenae.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Towards the end of the first play, what does the chorus tell Clytemnestra they refuse to do?

2. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?

3. How does Orestes introduce himself to Athena?

4. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?

5. To Aegisthus's consternation, of what does the chorus remind him?

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