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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. What does Clytemnestra wish for herself and her country at the end of the Agamemnon?
(a) She wishes to retire as queen.
(b) She wishes to have another child to take over for her.
(c) She wishes to live peacefully.
(d) She wishes to conquer the next city.

2. Who is the first character to speak in "The Oresteia"?
(a) The leader of the chorus.
(b) The Watchman.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. In the first part of the first play, according to Clytemnestra, what does Agamemnon have yet to endure?
(a) Another battle at sea.
(b) His reign as king.
(c) The sacrifices to the gods.
(d) The journey home.

4. What is the lineage of the woman with Agamemnon in the third part of the first play?
(a) She is the daughter of the queen of the Amazons.
(b) She is a Trojan princess.
(c) She is a priestess of Athena.
(d) She is Helen's half sister.

5. What is the herald's opinion on Troy and Paris?
(a) It is a tragedy.
(b) Paris should have surrendered and the city left untouched.
(c) They got what they deserved.
(d) The city should have turned Paris over to the Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clytemnestra defend her actions against Agamemnon to the chorus?

2. What news does Clytemnestra initially bring the chorus?

3. For what does Cassandra pray in the fourth part of the first play?

4. What is the function of the herald at the beginning of the second part of the first play?

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

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