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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 1, Part 5 (p.150-159).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After receiving news of the fall of Troy, which Trojan does the chorus agree got what he deserved?
(a) Hector.
(b) Paris.
(c) Aeneas.
(d) Ajax.

2. What does the herald ask of the gods?
(a) He asks that they send a sign for whether he should leave the city.
(b) He asks that they continue to bless Agamemnon on his return home.
(c) He asks that they send Agamemmon good winds for his journey.
(d) He asks that they bless Clytemnestra and her family.

3. What, according to the herald, is worth the suffering of the soldiers?
(a) The homecoming.
(b) Victory at war.
(c) The blessings of the gods.
(d) Love.

4. According to Agamemnon, what kept him strong during the war?
(a) His thoughts of his children.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) His thoughts of his wife.
(d) His thoughts of his home.

5. About whom does the chorus ask the herald for news?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Chryseis.
(c) Paris.
(d) Hector.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassandra's final prayer?

2. What is the lineage of the woman with Agamemnon in the third part of the first play?

3. What does somber information does the chorus remind the herald of?

4. What does Clytemnestra wish for herself and her country at the end of the Agamemnon?

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

(see the answer key)

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