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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.
(b) They got what they deserved.
(c) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.
(d) It is a tragedy.

3. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?
(a) His thoughts of his wife.
(b) His thoughts of his children.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) His thoughts of his home.

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

5. For which family member's sake did Agamemnon go to Troy?
(a) Paris.
(b) Priam.
(c) Hector.
(d) Menelaus.

6. After receiving news of the fall of Troy, which Trojan does the chorus agree got what he deserved?
(a) Ajax.
(b) Paris.
(c) Hector.
(d) Aeneas.

7. 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.

8. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?
(a) She watched the moon to see if the gods would tell her anything through it.
(b) She watched the horizon every day for his ship.
(c) She kept watch for any word of her husband.
(d) She watched for any sign from the gods.

9. What feelings suddenly strike the chorus after Agamemnon enters his palace?
(a) They have feelings of hysteria.
(b) They have feelings of foreboding.
(c) They have feelings of joy.
(d) They have feelings of sickness.

10. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?
(a) Letters she wrote to her brother.
(b) A book of verse.
(c) Orestes' sword.
(d) A lock of Orestes' hair.

11. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Hades.
(c) Hermes.
(d) Zeus.

12. For what does Clytemnestra scold the chorus in the second part of the first play?
(a) Not listening to the herald.
(b) Not offering proper prayers to the gods.
(c) Not respecting Agamemnon.
(d) Not believing her.

13. What does the herald believe about Agamemnon's brother?
(a) He is wandering the earth for all eternity.
(b) He perished at sea.
(c) His soul is restless.
(d) He is still alive.

14. Why does Cassandra walk into the palace?
(a) She refuses to run from her fate.
(b) She hears Clytemnestra calling for help.
(c) She hears Agamemnon calling for her.
(d) She has nothing else to do.

15. Whom did Clytemnestra send into exile?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Hecuba.
(d) Electra.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chorus, what is the only thing Electra can pray for while at Agamemnon's grave?

2. Whom does Orestes wonder might be leading the crowd of women coming to Agamemnon's tomb?

3. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

4. What did Apollo expect in return for the gift he granted to Cassandra?

5. What does Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?

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