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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 does Orestes firmly reinforce while protesting his innocence to the council?
(a) He was acting on Zeus's will.
(b) He was acting on Apollo's will.
(c) He was acting on his own will.
(d) He was acting on his father's will.

2. What is heard from inside the palace after Aegisthus enters it?
(a) Pylades is screaming as Aegisthus murders him.
(b) Aegisthus screaming as he is being murdered.
(c) Orestes screaming as he is murdered by Aegisthus.
(d) Electra screaming as Aegisthus murders her.

3. Who commanded Orestes to seek vengeance for his father's death?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Apollo.

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

5. Whose ghost is urging the Eumenides to chase Orestes?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Electra.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?

2. What do the Furies claim about Orestes to Athena?

3. What is the question on the chorus's mind after Orestes flees the palace?

4. Where does the beginning of "The Eumenides" take place?

5. What does Orestes wonder about Aegisthus after he has murdered his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was Clytemnestra's dream?

4. How does Orestes defend himself in his trial?

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

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

7. Why does Apollo appear to Orestes while at Delphi?

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

9. What does Athena decide to do about judging the case between Orestes and the Furies?

10. What are the Furies and why are they tormenting Orestes at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?

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