Agamemnon Review Quiz #1
6 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1194
A brief review quiz on the first half of the play by Aeschylus.
Questions and Answers
- 1.The Chorus refers to the Atreidae. Who are they?
- A.
Paris and Hector
- B.
Zeus and Pan
- C.
Agamemnon and Menelaus
- D.
Clytemnestra and Iphigenia
- E.
Rizzoli and Isles
- 2.The Chorus also refers to the "child of Tyndareus." Who is this?
- A.
Clytemnestra
- B.
Helen
- C.
Iphigenia
- D.
The Watchman
- E.
The Chorus
- 3.The Chorus again says:"At home there tarries like a lurking snake, Biding its time, a wrath unreconciled, A wily watcher, passionate to slake, In blood, resentment for a murdered child."Who is this snake?
- A.
Helen
- B.
Cassandra
- C.
Aegisthus
- D.
Clytemnestra
- E.
Electra
- 4.Which character says the following?"Ill lot were mine, to disobey! And ill, to smite my child, my household's love and pride! To stain with virgin blood a father's hands, and slay My daughter, by the altar's side!"
- A.
Atreus
- B.
Priam
- C.
Aegisthus
- D.
Menelaus
- E.
Agamemnon
- 5.What is the herald's job?
- A.
To sacrifice Iphigenia
- B.
To announce the arrival of the king
- C.
To predict the future
- D.
To watch for the fall of Troy
- E.
To avenge Agamemnon.
- 6.How long was the Trojan War?
- A.
One year
- B.
Three years
- C.
Five years
- D.
Ten years
- E.
Fifteen years
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