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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?
(a) The homecoming.
(b) The blessings of the gods.
(c) Love.
(d) Victory at war.

3. What is Cassandra's final prayer?
(a) She will be remembered.
(b) Apollo will forgive her.
(c) Athena will protect her.
(d) Her death will be avenged.

4. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?
(a) He says that it is clearly meant for someone else.
(b) He does not find it unsuitable.
(c) He says it is too poor for a king.
(d) He says it is suited for gods, not mortals.

5. What does Clytemnestra claim about her life since Agamemnon left for war?
(a) She says that she remarried in his absence.
(b) She claims to have been lonely without him.
(c) She claims to have been fine without him.
(d) She claims that her life improved after he left.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does Clytemnestra particularly take offense with the chorus while reveling in her triumph?

3. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?

4. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?

5. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clytemnestra lose patience with Cassandra in the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?

2. How does Cassandra describe Apollo and why?

3. How did Agamemnon make the winds blow so that they might sail to Troy before the events of the play?

4. What is the dispute Agamemnon and Clytemnestra have about his homecoming?

5. What is significant about Agamemnon walking into his palace barefoot?

6. What dispute does Clytemnestra have with the chorus over the consequences of her murdering Agamemnon and Cassandra?

7. Why did Agamemnon go to Troy?

8. What are the herald's thoughts on the effects of the war?

9. What do the chorus of women comment upon while bewailing their grief over Agamemnon?

10. What evidence does Electra find that convinces her Orestes has returned to Mycenae?

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