Libation Bearers Quizzes

Libation Bearers Quiz 1

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of
Troy

Sparta

Athens

Mycenae
2 Aeschylus' innovation, which led to the birth of Western drama, was the addition of
the Chorus

the audience

the third actor, making possible the staging of more complex dramatic situations

the second actor, making possible the staging of a dramatic story
3 How many Greek trilogies (plays performed together in groups of three at the Dionysia) have survived?
one: the Oresteia

five, including the Oresteia

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus

two: the Oresteia and the Oedipus trilogy
4 Greek drama could best be described as
both stylized, with masks and a Chorus and part of a religious celebration

stylized, with masks and a Chorus

very naturalistic, with efforts to make the representation as realistic as possible

part of a religious celebration
5 Greek actors wore
nothing

masks

togas

all black and red
6 Greek plays feature a group of performers who sing, dance, provide exposition and interact with the other characters. This group is called
the Bacchae

the Chorus

Sappho's "maidens"

the nymphs of Artemis
7 Who killed Agamemnon?
Orestes and Electra

Atreus and Pylades

Iphigeneia and Helen

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus
8 The Curse on the House of Atreus began with
the improper burial of Polyneices

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the murder of Agamemnon

the murder and ingestion of Thyestes' children
9 Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in
the Argive civil war

the Trojan War

the Theban civil war

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

killing Thyestes' children and eating them

setting Odysseus adrift on a canoe

attacking Troy
11 When Agamemnon returned, he
was murdered by Electra and Orestes

was killed while bathing

was met by the loving embrace of Helen

was ambushed by Achilles
12 The Libation Bearers begins at
the tomb of Agamemnon

the palace of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Achilles

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 Cassandra

alone

with his friend, Pylades

with a group of bodyguards
15 Orestes has been
dead

studying at the Academy in Athens

fighting in the Trojan War

living in exile at the house of Clytaemestra's friends
16 Electra has been
reduced to servitude in her own house

forced to wear her father's armor

made the next in succession should Clytaemestra die

executed
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
Clytaemestra has had nightmares about the anger of the dead

the slave women believe Agamemnon's will return from the grave

Orestes has recently died

Electra believes offerings will bring her brother back
19 Electra suspects that Orestes may have returned because
he has left a lock of his distinctive hair at the tomb

his scent is in the air

she has had prophetic visions of his return

he has the biggest feet in Argos, and she sees huge footprints by the tomb
20 Orestes has returned to Argos under the orders of
Artemis

Athena

Agamemnon's ghost

Apollo
21 Clytaemestra dreamed that
she was breastfeeding a lion

she was murdered by her guards

she was drowning in gold coins

she was breastfeeding a snake
22 Orestes has been ordered by a god to
forgive his mother and become a priest

kill Electra

kill his mother and Aegisthus

serve his mother and win back her favor
23 At the tomb, Electra and Orestes try to invoke the power of
Achilles' ghost

Apollo

the Furies

Agamemnon's ghost
24 When Orestes and Electra speak of their mother's motives for killing Agamemnon, they tend to fixate on
the lives wasted in the Trojan War

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the death of Helen

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

Sparta

Electra and Orestes

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus