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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Play 2, Part 3 (p. 183-190).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Cassandra initially cry out?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Athena.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

2. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?
(a) A gorgon.
(b) A snake.
(c) A goat.
(d) A lion.

3. What interrupts the chorus's meditations on life at the end of the fourth part of "The Agamemnon"?
(a) Cassandra is screaming.
(b) Orestes returns to the city.
(c) Clytemnestra is laughing.
(d) Agamemnon is screaming.

4. What is heard from inside the palace after Aegisthus enters it?
(a) Pylades is screaming as Aegisthus murders him.
(b) Electra screaming as Aegisthus murders her.
(c) Orestes screaming as he is murdered by Aegisthus.
(d) Aegisthus screaming as he is being murdered.

5. What false news does the disguised Orestes give Clytemnestra?
(a) Orestes is dead.
(b) Electra is dead.
(c) Electra has run away.
(d) Orestes is returning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will be the first action taken when Orestes and Pylades infiltrate the palace?

3. What is concerning the chorus at the end of Play 1, Part 1?

4. What does the chorus instruct Cilissa to do instead of following Clytemnestra's orders?

5. What does Orestes pray for at the beginning of "The Libation Bearers"?

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