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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 4 (p.140150).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?
(a) Prophecy.
(b) The ability to speak in tongues.
(c) The ability of persuasion.
(d) Immortality.

2. According to Clytemnestra's message to the herald, how has she kept her husband's house?
(a) She has been overwhelmed by the responsibilities of it.
(b) She has given it over to someone else for safekeeping.
(c) As well as she could.
(d) Safe and welcoming upon his return.

3. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?
(a) Mycenae.
(b) Athens.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Troy.

4. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Agamemnon is screaming.
(b) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(c) Orestes returns to the city.
(d) Cassandra is screaming.

5. How does the chorus feel about Cassandra?
(a) They are in awe of her.
(b) They are repulsed by her.
(c) They are dismissive of her.
(d) They sympathize with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the chorus compare life at the end of the third part of the first play?

2. According to the chorus, what was Paris's crime?

3. What is concerning the chorus at the end of Play 1, Part 1?

4. What is Cassandra's last vision in "The Agamemnon"?

5. After Cassandra enters the castle and their monologue is interrupted, what dispute rises amongst the chorus?

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