The Eumenides Quizzes

The Eumenides Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed October 24, 2000

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of

Mycenae

Troy

Athens

Sparta
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

one: the Oresteia

five, including the Oresteia

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus
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

masks

nothing
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 Bacchae

the nymphs of Artemis

the Chorus
7 Who killed Agamemnon?

Iphigeneia and Helen

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

Orestes and Electra

Atreus and Pylades
8 The Curse on the House of Atreus began with

the murder and ingestion of Thyestes' children

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the improper burial of Polyneices

the murder of Agamemnon
9 Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greek forces in

the Argive civil war

the Theban civil war

the Trojan 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 met by the loving embrace of Helen

was killed while bathing

was ambushed by Achilles

was murdered by Electra and Orestes
12 Clytaemestra

mourned her husband for ten years

became the Pythia, priestess of Apollo

became a Fury

installed herself and her lover Aegisthus as dictators
13 Clytaemestra then

exiled Electra and made Orestes a slave in his own house

exiled Aegisthus but made Orestes the heir

exiled Orestes but made Electra the heir

exiled Orestes and made Electra a servant in her own house
14 In The Libation Bearers, Orestes returned to Argos with orders

from Apollo telling him to kill both Aegisthus and Clytaemestra

from Athene telling him to kill Aegisthus

from Apollo telling him to become a priest

from Zeus telling him to kill Electra
15 In The Libation Bearers, after carrying out the god's orders, Orestes almost immediately saw

Zeus, who wanted to strike him with a thunderbolt

the Muses, who wanted to celebrate his triumph

Athene, who wanted to congratulate him

the Furies, terrible goddesses who sought to punish him for his act
16 The Eumenides begins

before the temple of Athene in Athens

before the temple of Hera in Corinth

before the temple of Apollo at Delphi

before the temple of Zeus in Troy
17 The Pythia is

the queen of the Amazons

the priestess of Apollo

the priest of Athene

an ancient, primal serpent goddess
18 To stall the Furies while Orestes escapes, Apollo

has Hermes distract the Furies

puts the Furies to sleep

hits them with thunderbolts

gives Orestes the power of invisibility
19 At the temple, the Furies are woken by

Aegisthus' Ghost

Clytaemestra's Ghost

Iphegenia's Ghost

Agamemnon's Ghost
20 Clytaemestra's ghost goes disgraced among the dead because

she exiled her son

she murdered Aegisthus

she exiled her daughter

she murdered her husband
21 The Furies argue that Orestes' crime was worse than Clytaemestra's because

he did not receive divine permission

he killed for pleasure

he murdered with the aid of deception

he spilled kindred blood
22 The Furies could best be said to embody

the ancient, the primal, the terrifying

the young, the rational, the ugly

the young, the rational, the beautiful

the ancient, the rational, the masculine
23 Apollo could best be said to represent

the young, the rational

the ancient, the rational

the young, the ugly

the primal, the terrifying
24 There is a scene change to

the temple of the Furies, in Tartarus

the temple of Athene, at the Acropolis in Athens

the temple of Zeus, in Sparta

the temple of Apollo, at Delphi
25 When Athene hears Orestes' and the Eumenides' accounts of Orestes actions, she decides

f) to find Orestes guilty

g) to decide, on her own, that Orestes is innocent

h) to send Orestes to Zeus for judgment

e) to find twelve jurors who can sit and decide the case together

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