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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 2 (p. 125-132).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?
(a) Menelaus will be taking over Mycenae.
(b) Troy has been defeated.
(c) Agamemnon has died.
(d) Troy has defeated the Greeks.

2. For what does Clytemnestra scold the chorus in the second part of the first play?
(a) Not believing her.
(b) Not respecting Agamemnon.
(c) Not offering proper prayers to the gods.
(d) Not listening to the herald.

3. What god does the leader of the chorus praise for Agamemnon's victory?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) Hera.
(d) Zeus.

4. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?
(a) People in Mycenae have been grieving for their loved ones at war.
(b) There are no princes and princesses left in the city.
(c) Clytemnestra has been unfaithful to her husband.
(d) Agamemnon does not wish to come home.

5. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?
(a) He brings news of Agamemnon.
(b) He brings news of Orestes.
(c) He brings news of Aegisthus.
(d) He brings news of Iphigenia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?

3. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?

4. For what does the herald thank the gods?

5. What city does Clytemnestra describe as being ruined, burned, and full of mourning for the dead?

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