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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. What goddess demanded Iphigenia in sacrifice?
(a) Hera.
(b) Demeter.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

2. How does Electra know the offering on the tomb came from Orestes?
(a) She gave the book to her brother.
(b) His hair looks just like her own.
(c) She wrote the letters to her brother.
(d) The sword has the family crest on it.

3. Why is the herald so joyful?
(a) Clytemnestra favors him.
(b) He is home in Mycenae.
(c) He is gotten married.
(d) The gods have spoken to him.

4. What gift did Apollo give Cassandra before the events of The Oresteia?
(a) The ability to speak in tongues.
(b) Prophecy.
(c) The ability of persuasion.
(d) Immortality.

5. What is Clytemnestra's plan for ruling Mycenae at the end of the Agamemnon?
(a) She will rule it alone.
(b) Aegisthus will rule it.
(c) She and Aegisthus will rule it together.
(d) Orestes will return and rule it with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first part of the first play, what signal is the man on the roof looking for?

2. For what does the leader of the chorus praise Agamemnon upon his return?

3. For what does the herald thank the gods?

4. According to the chorus of women, what will atone for the murder of Agamemnon?

5. How does Agamemnon make his entrance?

(see the answer key)

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