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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 3, Part 1 (p. 199-205).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aegisthus claim after his entrance in "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) He is the wisest man in Mycenae.
(b) He is thrice blessed by the gods.
(c) He cannot be fooled.
(d) He is the father of Orestes.

2. For what does the herald thank the gods?
(a) He thanks them for sending him his wife.
(b) He thanks them for speaking to him.
(c) He thanks them for blessing him and the army.
(d) He thanks them for having such a benevolent queen.

3. What does Clytemnestra's entrance reveal in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Agamemnon and Cassandra are murdered.
(b) Aegisthus is preparing to murder her.
(c) Orestes has returned.
(d) The ghost of her daughter is following her.

4. What does Orestes wonder about Aegisthus after he has murdered his mother?
(a) He wonders if Aegisthus was truly guilty.
(b) He wonders if Aegisthus suffered during his death.
(c) He wonders if Aegisthus is receiving an adulterer's punishment.
(d) He wonders if Aegisthus was repenting his sins in the last moments of his life.

5. Why does Clytemnestra grieve after the false news of her son's death?
(a) Orestes is the only hope of breaking the family curse.
(b) She regrets banishing him..
(c) Orestes was the only child she loved.
(d) She regrets her treatment of Electra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes realize about his mother's dream?

2. What is Cassandra's final prayer?

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

4. For which family member's sake did Agamemnon go to Troy?

5. For what does Aegisthus thank the gods in the fifth part of the first play?

(see the answer key)

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