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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. In which city does "The Oresteia" begin?
(a) Mycenae.
(b) Troy.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Athens.
2. What does part of the chorus suggest to Clytemnestra about her actions when they confront her?
(a) She has begun another curse.
(b) She has awakened the Furies.
(c) She is merely continuing the curse.
(d) She has ended the curse.
3. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Thrice-cursed.
(b) God-abandoned.
(c) Wise.
(d) Loving.
4. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Safe voyage overseas.
(b) Success in his plan of revenge for his father's murder.
(c) Peace of mind.
(d) His success in war.
5. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?
(a) Chryseis.
(b) Hector.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Paris.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
2. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?
3. What past events does Cassandra see in a vision?
4. In her first appearance, Clytemnestra claims the chorus does not believe her. On what grounds does she base this claim?
5. According to the herald and the chorus, what has happened to Agamemnon's brother?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Agamemnon make the winds blow so that they might sail to Troy before the events of the play?
2. What news does Clytemnestra bring the chorus in the beginning of "The Agamemnon"?
3. What evidence does Electra find that convinces her Orestes has returned to Mycenae?
4. According to the chorus, how must Electra pray?
5. What are the disputes amongst the chorus when they hear Agamemnon screaming from inside the palace?
6. What is significant about Agamemnon walking into his palace barefoot?
7. What does Orestes find mysterious about the women approaching Agamemnon's tomb?
8. What visions does Cassandra see when she looks at the palace?
9. What do the chorus of women comment upon while bewailing their grief over Agamemnon?
10. For what does Clytemnestra take particular offense with the chorus in the last part of "The Agamemnon"?
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