2. What does Orestes believe about the vision he is having at the end of "The Libation Bearers"?
(a) His mother will haunt him for all his days.
(b) Aegisthus will try to avenge his death upon Electra.
(c) His father is cursing his son's actions.
(d) The Furies are going to take revenge upon him for his mother.

3. What question does Orestes ask Pylades while confronted by his mother?
(a) He does not know if he should kill himself after his revenge.
(b) He does not know if Zeus is truly watching.
(c) He does not know whether he should kill his sister.
(d) He does not know whether he should kill his mother or spare her.

4. About whom was the oracle's vision?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Orestes and the Furies.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Electra.

5. What is the question on the chorus's mind after Orestes flees the palace?
(a) They wonder if the family will ever break their curse.
(b) They wonder if Electra will follow her brother.
(c) They wonder who will take the throne in Mycenae.
(d) They wonder if Orestes was truly ordered by the gods to avenge Agamemnon.

6. What do the Furies tell Apollo about their hunt for Orestes?
(a) It is their right to hunt whom they please.
(b) It is their right to hunt someone who has left his sister an orphan.
(c) It is their right to punish those who murder their mothers.
(d) It is their right to avenge the death of Iphigenia upon anyone connected.

7. What do the Furies complain about when Athena leaves in the second part of the third play?
(a) The Ancients.
(b) Humans.
(c) The older gods.
(d) The younger gods.

8. What must Aegisthus bring with him to the palace?
(a) A regiment of soldiers.
(b) Agamemnon's body.
(c) Offerings to the gods.
(d) Orestes' sword.

9. What would happen to Orestes if he did not take revenge upon his mother, according the oracle?
(a) Orestes' own life would be cursed.
(b) Electra would die.
(c) Agamemnon would suffer in Hades.
(d) Aegisthus would murder Clytemnestra.

10. What does Orestes realize about his mother's dream?
(a) It prophesizes his failure in his revenge.
(b) It prophesizes the death of Electra
(c) It prophesizes his revenge against his mother.
(d) It prophesizes the murder of Clytemnestra by Aegisthus.

11. How does Clytemnestra plead for her life to Orestes?
(a) She tells him Iphigenia pleaded for her life before being sacrificed.
(b) She tells Orestes she was ordered by Zeus to kill Agamemnon.
(c) She reminds Orestes that she is his mother.
(d) She reminds him that Electra will be motherless.

12. What happened to Clytemnestra in her dream when she tried to nurse what she'd been birthed?
(a) The gorgon turned her to stone.
(b) The lion mauled her.
(c) The snake bit her and drew blood.
(d) The goat ran away.

13. What do the Furies claim about Orestes to Athena?
(a) He is cursed by his mother.
(b) He will taint his sister's grace if allowed to live.
(c) He is unfit to speak for himself.
(d) He will kill all women if allowed to live.

14. Where does the action of the third part of "The Libation Bearers" take place?
(a) Inside the temple to Zeus.
(b) Inside the palace.
(c) At Agamemnon's tomb.
(d) In front of the palace.

15. Why does Apollo appear at his altar?
(a) He senses the presence of the Furies.
(b) He appears at his altar daily.
(c) He is called down by the oracle.
(d) He wants to help Orestes.