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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. Where does the action of the third part of "The Libation Bearers" take place?
(a) At Agamemnon's tomb.
(b) In front of the palace.
(c) Inside the palace.
(d) Inside the temple to Zeus.

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

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

4. What does Athena name the judges who will vote on whether Orestes is guilty or not in the last part of the third play?
(a) The Areopagus.
(b) The Colopagus.
(c) The oracles.
(d) The Eumidagos.

5. What does Clytemnestra try to get Cassandra to do in the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Drink some wine.
(b) Leave the city.
(c) Enter the palace.
(d) Greet her properly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feelings suddenly strike the chorus after Agamemnon enters his palace?

2. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?

3. To whom does Cassandra initially cry out?

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

5. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?

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