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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aegisthus's reaction when the chorus brings up Clytemnestra and her role in the murders?
(a) He ignores them.
(b) He threatens them violently.
(c) He goes back inside.
(d) He meekly agrees.

2. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?
(a) Troy has been defeated.
(b) Menelaus will be taking over Mycenae.
(c) Troy has defeated the Greeks.
(d) Agamemnon has died.

3. What message does Clytemnestra send to Agamemnon through the herald?
(a) She is pregnant with his child.
(b) She does not wish to see him.
(c) She has been loyal and faithful.
(d) She wants to take him to Apollo's temple for blessings.

4. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?
(a) His fate will be to live a long life.
(b) The chorus says nothing about his fate.
(c) His is preordained.
(d) His fate is open.

5. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?
(a) A footrace.
(b) A sailing ship.
(c) A horse race.
(d) A child's game.

6. What does Electra find when she wonders aloud if her brother has returned?
(a) Pylades' pack.
(b) Orestes and Pylades' footprints.
(c) Offerings to the gods.
(d) A campfire.

7. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?
(a) A purple cloth.
(b) A red cloth.
(c) A white cloth.
(d) A gold cloth.

8. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
(a) The sword has the family crest on it.
(b) She wrote the letters to her brother.
(c) She gave the book to her brother.
(d) His hair looks just like her own.

9. When does the second play take place?
(a) Hours after Agamemnon's death.
(b) Weeks after Agamemnon's death.
(c) Several days after Agamemnon's death.
(d) Several years after Agamemnon's death.

10. 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 a loyal follower.
(c) The offerings come from a detached subject.
(d) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .

11. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?
(a) Clytemnestra has been unfaithful to her husband.
(b) Agamemnon does not wish to come home.
(c) People in Mycenae have been grieving for their loved ones at war.
(d) There are no princes and princesses left in the city.

12. What does Clytemnestra assume about Cassandra?
(a) Cassandra does not understand what is being said.
(b) Cassandra is being belligerent.
(c) Cassandra is not very smart.
(d) Cassandra is deaf.

13. What advice does Electra ask of the chorus while at her father's tomb?
(a) She is unsure of where to go when she runs away.
(b) She is unsure of whether to mourn her father.
(c) She is unsure if she is truly her father's daughter.
(d) She is unsure of how to pray.

14. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) He is her son.
(b) He is her brother.
(c) He is her father.
(d) He is her lover.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's reaction to Clytemnestra?

2. What was Paris's actual deed that set off the Trojan War?

3. What does part of the chorus suggest to Clytemnestra about her actions when they confront her?

4. What does Cassandra remove from her person in the fourth part of the first play?

5. What reasoning did Clytemnestra give for exiling a certain person before the events of "The Agamemnon"?

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