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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to the chorus, to what did Clytemnestra give birth in her dream?
(a) A lion.
(b) A gorgon.
(c) A goat.
(d) A snake.
2. From where has Athena flown when she makes her entrance?
(a) Troy.
(b) Delphi.
(c) Rome.
(d) Mycenae.
3. Who commanded Orestes to seek vengeance for his father's death?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hephaestus.
(d) Hermes.
4. What is heard from inside the palace after Aegisthus enters it?
(a) Electra screaming as Aegisthus murders her.
(b) Orestes screaming as he is murdered by Aegisthus.
(c) Aegisthus screaming as he is being murdered.
(d) Pylades is screaming as Aegisthus murders him.
5. About whom was the oracle's vision?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Orestes and the Furies.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Electra.
Short Answer Questions
1. What has Electra been forced to do in the years since her father's death?
2. What does Orestes firmly reinforce while protesting his innocence to the council?
3. To whom does Orestes pray when he arrives at the destination Apollo sent him to?
4. Why should Apollo's claim about the nature of parenthood appeal to Athena?
5. What does Orestes remind his mother of when she pleads for her life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Athena decide to do about judging the case between Orestes and the Furies?
2. In the beginning of "The Eumenides", what is the oracle's vision and what does it mean?
3. What does Orestes find ironic about the deaths of Aegisthus and Clytemnestra?
4. How does the chorus influence Cilissa when she enters?
5. How does the chorus know that Aegisthus is being murdered?
6. Why is it important that Orestes tell Athena who his father was when the goddess comes to him?
7. Why does Orestes decide to go back to the oracle?
8. What is the conflict between the Furies and Apollo?
9. What does Apollo say about the rights of parents during Orestes' trial?
10. What does Orestes mean when he cries out to Zeus in the second part of "The Libation Bearers"?
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