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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 reaction to Clytemnestra?
(a) Cassandra refuses the wine Clytemnestra offers.
(b) She does not move from the chariot.
(c) She tells her she does not wish to leave the city.
(d) Cassandra throws herself at her feet.

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

3. What advice does Electra ask of the chorus while at her father's tomb?
(a) She is unsure if she is truly her father's daughter.
(b) She is unsure of how to pray.
(c) She is unsure of whether to mourn her father.
(d) She is unsure of where to go when she runs away.

4. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?
(a) People in Mycenae have been grieving for their loved ones at war.
(b) Clytemnestra has been unfaithful to her husband.
(c) Agamemnon does not wish to come home.
(d) There are no princes and princesses left in the city.

5. What was Apollo's reaction to Cassandra not meeting his expectations when he granted her with a gift?
(a) He cursed her to speak the truth but never to be believed.
(b) He turned the other gods against her.
(c) He took away her gift of prophecy.
(d) He impregnated her, shaming her family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the chorus compare Troy after the herald exits?

3. Whom does Agamemnon tell Clytemnestra to greet and treat well?

4. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?

5. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Agamemnon's feelings about Troy?

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

3. For what is the herald giving thanks during his entrance?

4. Why does Aegisthus threaten the chorus?

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

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

7. What is Electra supposed to do at her father's tomb?

8. What happened to Menelaus, according to the herald?

9. Why is Orestes praying to Hermes and Zeus at beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?

10. Why does the chorus call out for Orestes to return home at the end of the first play?

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