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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 1 (p. 165-171).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first part of the first play, what does the chorus say of Agamemnon's fate?
(a) His fate is open.
(b) His fate will be to live a long life.
(c) The chorus says nothing about his fate.
(d) His is preordained.

2. What is Cassandra's final prayer?
(a) Athena will protect her.
(b) She will be remembered.
(c) Her death will be avenged.
(d) Apollo will forgive her.

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

4. What advice does Electra ask of the chorus while at her father's tomb?
(a) She is unsure of where to go when she runs away.
(b) She is unsure of whether to mourn her father.
(c) She is unsure if she is truly her father's daughter.
(d) She is unsure of how to pray.

5. To Aegisthus's consternation, of what does the chorus remind him?
(a) He is not of royal blood.
(b) He was not fit to be a soldier.
(c) Clytemnestra did all the work in murdering Agamemnon.
(d) He is half the man that Agamemnon was.

Short Answer Questions

1. What woman is accompanying Agamemnon on his return to Mycenae?

2. Why does Agamemnon walk inside his palace the way he does?

3. What do the female attendants lay on the ground for Agamemnon to walk upon?

4. What does Clytemnestra's entrance reveal in the fifth part of "The Agamemnon"?

5. What is Aegisthus's relationship to Clytemnestra as demonstrated at the end of "The Agamemnon"?

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