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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Phoebe.
(c) Andromache.
(d) Briseis.
2. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
(a) His hair looks just like her own.
(b) She gave the book to her brother.
(c) She wrote the letters to her brother.
(d) The sword has the family crest on it.
3. According to Clytemnestra's message to the herald, how has she kept her husband's house?
(a) As well as she could.
(b) Safe and welcoming upon his return.
(c) She has given it over to someone else for safekeeping.
(d) She has been overwhelmed by the responsibilities of it.
4. According to the chorus in the second part of the first play, what will always prevail?
(a) Love.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Justice.
5. What does the herald ask of the gods?
(a) He asks that they continue to bless Agamemnon on his return home.
(b) He asks that they send Agamemmon good winds for his journey.
(c) He asks that they bless Clytemnestra and her family.
(d) He asks that they send a sign for whether he should leave the city.
6. To what does the chorus compare Troy after the herald exits?
(a) A new baby.
(b) An old man.
(c) A wise king with a terrible advisor.
(d) A beloved, though ungrateful child.
7. 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.
8. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) He is her father.
(b) He is her brother.
(c) He is her son.
(d) He is her lover.
9. What does the signal that the man on the roof sees mean?
(a) Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War.
(b) King Priam is invading.
(c) Menelaus is coming home from the Trojan War.
(d) Agamemnon has died.
10. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?
(a) He believes it is grander.
(b) He believes it is more touching to walk in together.
(c) He believes it is more humbling.
(d) He does not care about Clytemnestra's feelings on the matter.
11. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Cassandra is screaming.
(b) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(c) Orestes returns to the city.
(d) Agamemnon is screaming.
12. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?
(a) He does not find it unsuitable.
(b) He says it is suited for gods, not mortals.
(c) He says it is too poor for a king.
(d) He says that it is clearly meant for someone else.
13. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?
(a) The blessings of the gods.
(b) Victory at war.
(c) Love.
(d) The homecoming.
14. How is Aegisthus related to the house of Atreus?
(a) He is the nephew of Atreus.
(b) He is the cousin of Atreus.
(c) He is the son of Atreus.
(d) He is the husband of Atreus's daughter.
15. To whom does Electra pray while at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) Hades.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.
Short Answer Questions
1. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?
2. How does Clytemnestra defend her actions against Agamemnon to the chorus?
3. What does Orestes wonder about the women approaching his father's tomb?
4. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?
5. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?
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