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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 4 (9.190-196).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Electra find on her father's tomb?
(a) A book of verse.
(b) Letters she wrote to her brother.
(c) Orestes' sword.
(d) A lock of Orestes' hair.

2. What does Orestes leave behind at his father's tomb in tribute ?
(a) A lock of his hair.
(b) His sword.
(c) A book of verse.
(d) His sister's letters.

3. What is revealed with Orestes in the fourth part of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) Electra's body.
(b) Cilissa's body.
(c) Aegisthus's body.
(d) His father's armor.

4. According to Clytemnestra, what did she watch for while Agamemnon was gone?
(a) She watched the horizon every day for his ship.
(b) She watched for any sign from the gods.
(c) She watched the moon to see if the gods would tell her anything through it.
(d) She kept watch for any word of her husband.

5. What had Clytemnestra told her daughter to say in her prayers before she comes to the tomb in the second play?
(a) The offerings come from Electra as an angry daughter.
(b) The offerings come from Clytemnestra as a loving wife .
(c) The offerings come from a loyal follower.
(d) The offerings come from a detached subject.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does the second play take place?

3. How do the women describe Clytemnestra in their first appearance in "The Libation Bearers"?

4. How does Clytemnestra plead for her life to Orestes?

5. What does Agamemnon find unsuitable about his welcome?

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