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

2. In the last part of "The Eumenides", why does Apollo appear in the court?
(a) He is there to protect Orestes during the trial.
(b) He is there to testify in Orestes' favor.
(c) He is there to keep the Furies under control.
(d) He is there to testify against Orestes.

3. 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 father's will.
(c) He was acting on Zeus's will.
(d) He was acting on his own will.

4. What does Orestes believe about the vision he is having at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) The Furies are going to take revenge upon him for his mother.
(b) Aegisthus will try to avenge his death upon Electra.
(c) His father is cursing his son's actions.
(d) His mother will haunt him for all his days.

5. According to Apollo, why should Orestes be left alone?
(a) Apollo himself sent Orestes to kill his mother.
(b) Electra would have killed Clytemnestra and Orestes saved her from it.
(c) Orestes was meant to kill his mother a long time ago.
(d) Clytemnestra deserved to die.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Furies do not awaken, what does the ghost urge them to dream about?

3. Who commanded Orestes to seek vengeance for his father's death?

4. What does Clytemnestra call out for when she hears the noise from inside the palace in the third part of "The Libation Bearers"?

5. What confuses Orestes about Clytemnestra's orders for the tomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Apollo say about the rights of parents during Orestes' trial?

2. According to what he tells Electra and the chorus, why is Orestes seeking vengeance for his father's death?

3. Why is it important that Orestes tell Athena who his father was when the goddess comes to him?

4. How does the chorus influence Cilissa when she enters?

5. How does Orestes defend himself in his trial?

6. Why do the Furies claim Orestes' journey to Athens has been useless when they catch up with him in the second part of "The Eumenides"?

7. In the beginning of "The Eumenides", what is the oracle's vision and what does it mean?

8. What ends up being the fate of the Furies at the end of the play?

9. Why is Clytemnestra's dream significant to Orestes?

10. What was Clytemnestra's dream?

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