Libation Bearers Quizzes

Libation Bearers Quiz 1

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of
Sparta

Mycenae

Athens

Troy
2 Aeschylus' innovation, which led to the birth of Western drama, was the addition of
the third actor, making possible the staging of more complex dramatic situations

the second actor, making possible the staging of a dramatic story

the Chorus

the audience
3 How many Greek trilogies (plays performed together in groups of three at the Dionysia) have survived?
five, including the Oresteia

two: the Oresteia and the Oedipus trilogy

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus

one: the Oresteia
4 Greek drama could best be described as
stylized, with masks and a Chorus

both stylized, with masks and a Chorus and part of a religious celebration

part of a religious celebration

very naturalistic, with efforts to make the representation as realistic as possible
5 Greek actors wore
togas

all black and red

nothing

masks
6 Greek plays feature a group of performers who sing, dance, provide exposition and interact with the other characters. This group is called
Sappho's "maidens"

the nymphs of Artemis

the Chorus

the Bacchae
7 Who killed Agamemnon?
Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

Atreus and Pylades

Orestes and Electra

Iphigeneia and Helen
8 The Curse on the House of Atreus began with
the murder of Agamemnon

the murder and ingestion of Thyestes' children

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the improper burial of Polyneices
9 Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in
the Trojan War

the Argive civil war

the Athenian war

the Theban civil war
10 Before the Greek forces set sail from Aulis, they had to appease the goddess Artemis by
sacrificing Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigeneia

attacking Troy

killing Thyestes' children and eating them

setting Odysseus adrift on a canoe
11 When Agamemnon returned, he
was murdered by Electra and Orestes

was ambushed by Achilles

was killed while bathing

was met by the loving embrace of Helen
12 The Libation Bearers begins at
the tomb of Achilles

the palace of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Agamemnon

the tomb of Clytaemestra
13 About halfway through the play, there is a scene change to
the tomb of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Agamemnon

the shrine of Apollo

the space before the doors of Clytaemestra's palace
14 Orestes returns
with a group of bodyguards

alone

with his friend, Pylades

with Cassandra
15 Orestes has been
studying at the Academy in Athens

fighting in the Trojan War

dead

living in exile at the house of Clytaemestra's friends
16 Electra has been
made the next in succession should Clytaemestra die

executed

forced to wear her father's armor

reduced to servitude in her own house
17 The Chorus of The Libation Bearers is made up of
the Furies

the elders of Argos

the slave women of the palace

all of the above
18 Electra and the slave women are making offerings to the dead because
the slave women believe Agamemnon's will return from the grave

Orestes has recently died

Clytaemestra has had nightmares about the anger of the dead

Electra believes offerings will bring her brother back
19 Electra suspects that Orestes may have returned because
he has the biggest feet in Argos, and she sees huge footprints by the tomb

his scent is in the air

he has left a lock of his distinctive hair at the tomb

she has had prophetic visions of his return
20 Orestes has returned to Argos under the orders of
Agamemnon's ghost

Apollo

Athena

Artemis
21 Clytaemestra dreamed that
she was breastfeeding a lion

she was breastfeeding a snake

she was drowning in gold coins

she was murdered by her guards
22 Orestes has been ordered by a god to
serve his mother and win back her favor

forgive his mother and become a priest

kill his mother and Aegisthus

kill Electra
23 At the tomb, Electra and Orestes try to invoke the power of
Achilles' ghost

the Furies

Agamemnon's ghost

Apollo
24 When Orestes and Electra speak of their mother's motives for killing Agamemnon, they tend to fixate on
the death of Helen

the lives wasted in the Trojan War

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the adulterous affair with Aegisthus
25 The Chorus is loyal to
Sparta

Electra and Orestes

Athens

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus