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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 do the Furies celebrate in poem and dance in the second part of "The Eumenides"?
(a) The vengeance of all women.
(b) Their immortality, power, and divine right.
(c) The imminent death of Orestes.
(d) The freedom of Clytemnestra's soul.

2. Where does the second part of "The Eumenides" take place?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Mycenae.
(d) Athens.

3. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?
(a) A lion.
(b) A gorgon.
(c) A goat.
(d) A snake.

4. According to Apollo in the first part of the third play, where must Orestes travel?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Mycenae.
(d) Crete.

5. What does Orestes claim has taken away the sin of his mother's murder away?
(a) The blessings of the gods.
(b) Time.
(c) Grief.
(d) The sins of the the mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does the chorus pray in the third part of the second play?

2. What does Athena proclaim before the judges announce their vote at the end of "The Eumenides"?

3. What does Apollo tell the court about his decree to Orestes?

4. According to Apollo, why should Orestes be left alone?

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. How does Orestes defend himself in his trial?

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

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

5. Who is revealed to be encouraging the Furies to hunt Orestes and why?

6. How do Orestes and Pylades get inside the palace?

7. What was Clytemnestra's dream?

8. How does Clytemnestra attempt to defend herself against Orestes in the last part of "The Libation Bearers"?

9. How does the chorus know that Aegisthus is being murdered?

10. Why does Orestes decide to go back to the oracle?

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