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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 Cassandra's last vision in "The Agamemnon"?
(a) She will ascend to Mount Olympus.
(b) Agamemnon will die.
(c) She will overpower her would-be murderer.
(d) Someone will return to Mycenae and right all the wrongs.

2. To Aegisthus's consternation, of what does the chorus remind him?
(a) Clytemnestra did all the work in murdering Agamemnon.
(b) He is not of royal blood.
(c) He is half the man that Agamemnon was.
(d) He was not fit to be a soldier.

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 Orestes leave behind at his father's tomb in tribute ?
(a) His sword.
(b) A book of verse.
(c) A lock of his hair.
(d) His sister's letters.

5. Towards the end of the first play, what does the chorus tell Clytemnestra they refuse to do?
(a) Allow Agamemnon to be buried without any offerings made to the gods.
(b) Allow Aegisthus to rule Mycenae.
(c) Allow her son to return.
(d) Allow her to retire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?

2. What kept Agamemnon from leaving for Troy right away?

3. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?

4. According to Aegisthus, what actually brought about Agamemnon's death?

5. While mourning her father at his grave, what does Electra pray for the most?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to the chorus, how must Electra pray?

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

4. What is Clytemnestra's vision for the future after the death of Agamemnon?

5. What does Aegisthus claim about himself and about the murders?

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

7. What does Orestes find mysterious about the women approaching Agamemnon's tomb?

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

9. What is Cassandra's curse and why was it placed on her?

10. How does the chorus compare life to a ship at sea during "The Agamemnon"?

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