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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will be the first action taken when Orestes and Pylades infiltrate the palace?
(a) Electra will be guided to safety.
(b) Clytemnestra will be killed.
(c) Cilissa will be alerted.
(d) Aegisthus will be killed.

2. What does Clytemnestra call out for when she hears the noise from inside the palace in the third part of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) A sword.
(b) The Furies.
(c) An axe.
(d) Zeus's intervention.

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

4. To whom does Orestes pray when he arrives at the destination Apollo sent him to?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Hera.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Athena.

5. What does Aegisthus claim after his entrance in "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) He cannot be fooled.
(b) He is thrice blessed by the gods.
(c) He is the father of Orestes.
(d) He is the wisest man in Mycenae.

6. For what does the chorus pray in the third part of the second play?
(a) They pray that Orestes will have his revenge successfully.
(b) They pray that the entire royal family will perish.
(c) They pray that Orestes will die in his revenge attempt.
(d) They pray that Zeus will stop the plot.

7. What is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Electra's body.
(b) Aegisthus's body.
(c) His father's armor.
(d) Cilissa's body.

8. Why is it important that Athena know about Orestes' familial relations?
(a) Athena favored Clytemnestra above all other queens.
(b) Athena favors Electra as a priestess.
(c) Athena favored Agamemnon during the Trojan War.
(d) Athena cursed Atreus.

9. What do the Furies demand to know in court from Orestes?
(a) They demand to know why he was exiled for so many years.
(b) They demand to know how he keeps getting favored by the gods.
(c) They demand to know whether he loved his mother or not.
(d) They demand he explain what he did and why.

10. How does Orestes introduce himself to Athena?
(a) He tells her he is Atreus's grandson.
(b) He tells her he is Clytemnestra's son.
(c) He tells her he is Electra's brother.
(d) He tells her he is Agamemnon's son.

11. What is the question on the chorus's mind after Orestes flees the palace?
(a) They wonder who will take the throne in Mycenae.
(b) They wonder if the family will ever break their curse.
(c) They wonder if Electra will follow her brother.
(d) They wonder if Orestes was truly ordered by the gods to avenge Agamemnon.

12. Why does Apollo claim that Clytemnestra needed to be killed?
(a) She was an adulteress.
(b) She would have murdered her own children had she not been killed.
(c) She killed her husband.
(d) Iphigenia was wrongly murdered.

13. What does Orestes firmly reinforce while protesting his innocence to the council?
(a) He was acting on Apollo's will.
(b) He was acting on his own will.
(c) He was acting on Zeus's will.
(d) He was acting on his father's will.

14. When the Furies do not awaken, what does the ghost urge them to dream about?
(a) Avenging their souls on their murderers.
(b) Destroying Orestes.
(c) Hunting wild animals.
(d) Running in the fields.

15. How does Orestes convince Electra that he is her brother when they find each other at Agamemnon's tomb?
(a) He has the marks from their mother's abuse on him.
(b) He is wearing the robe she made for him.
(c) He looks like their father.
(d) He bears letters from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Eumenides claim about Orestes' travels in the second part of "The Eumenides"?

2. What do the Furies complain about when Athena leaves in the second part of the third play?

3. What has Electra been forced to do in the years since her father's death?

4. According to Apollo in the first part of the third play, where must Orestes travel?

5. What must Aegisthus bring with him to the palace?

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