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Libation Bearers Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed May 01, 2000

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of

Athens

Sparta

Troy

Mycenae
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 audience

the Chorus

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?

two: the Oresteia and the Oedipus trilogy

five, including the Oresteia

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus

one: the Oresteia
4 Greek drama could best be described as

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

stylized, with masks and a Chorus
5 Greek actors wore

masks

all black and red

togas

nothing
6 Greek plays feature a group of performers who sing, dance, provide exposition and interact with the other characters. This group is called

the nymphs of Artemis

Sappho's "maidens"

the Bacchae

the Chorus
7 Who killed Agamemnon?

Atreus and Pylades

Iphigeneia and Helen

Orestes and Electra

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

the improper burial of Polyneices

the murder and ingestion of Thyestes' children

the murder of Agamemnon

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia
9 Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in

the Theban civil war

the Athenian war

the Trojan War

the Argive civil 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 killed while bathing

was ambushed by Achilles

was met by the loving embrace of Helen

was murdered by Electra and Orestes
12 The Libation Bearers begins at

the tomb of Achilles

the tomb of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Agamemnon

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

the tomb of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Agamemnon

the space before the doors of Clytaemestra's palace

the shrine of Apollo
14 Orestes returns

with a group of bodyguards

with Cassandra

with his friend, Pylades

alone
15 Orestes has been

living in exile at the house of Clytaemestra's friends

studying at the Academy in Athens

dead

fighting in the Trojan War
16 Electra has been

forced to wear her father's armor

made the next in succession should Clytaemestra die

executed

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

the slave women of the palace

the elders of Argos

the Furies

all of the above
18 Electra and the slave women are making offerings to the dead because

Electra believes offerings will bring her brother back

Clytaemestra has had nightmares about the anger of the dead

Orestes has recently died

the slave women believe Agamemnon's will return from the grave
19 Electra suspects that Orestes may have returned because

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

she has had prophetic visions of his return

his scent is in the air

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

Agamemnon's ghost

Apollo

Artemis

Athena
21 Clytaemestra dreamed that

she was breastfeeding a snake

she was breastfeeding a lion

she was murdered by her guards

she was drowning in gold coins
22 Orestes has been ordered by a god to

kill his mother and Aegisthus

forgive his mother and become a priest

serve his mother and win back her favor

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 lives wasted in the Trojan War

the death of Helen

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the adulterous affair with Aegisthus
25 The Chorus is loyal to

Sparta

Electra and Orestes

Athens

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

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