The Eumenides Quizzes

The Eumenides Quiz 1

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of
Mycenae

Troy

Sparta

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

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

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

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

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus

one: the Oresteia

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
all black and red

nothing

togas

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 Bacchae

the nymphs of Artemis

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 of Agamemnon

the murder and ingestion of Thyestes' children

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

the Theban civil war

the Athenian war

the Trojan War
10 Before the Greek forces set sail from Aulis, they had to appease the goddess Artemis by
setting Odysseus adrift on a canoe

attacking Troy

sacrificing Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigeneia

killing Thyestes' children and eating them
11 When Agamemnon returned, he
was met by the loving embrace of Helen

was ambushed by Achilles

was murdered by Electra and Orestes

was killed while bathing
12 Clytaemestra
became the Pythia, priestess of Apollo

became a Fury

mourned her husband for ten years

installed herself and her lover Aegisthus as dictators
13 Clytaemestra then
exiled Electra and made Orestes a slave in his own house

exiled Orestes but made Electra the heir

exiled Orestes and made Electra a servant in her own house

exiled Aegisthus but made Orestes the heir
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 Zeus telling him to kill Electra

from Apollo telling him to become a priest
15 In The Libation Bearers, after carrying out the god's orders, Orestes almost immediately saw
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

Zeus, who wanted to strike him with a thunderbolt
16 The Eumenides begins
before the temple of Athene in Athens

before the temple of Zeus in Troy

before the temple of Hera in Corinth

before the temple of Apollo at Delphi
17 The Pythia is
an ancient, primal serpent goddess

the priestess of Apollo

the priest of Athene

the queen of the Amazons
18 To stall the Furies while Orestes escapes, Apollo
has Hermes distract the Furies

hits them with thunderbolts

gives Orestes the power of invisibility

puts the Furies to sleep
19 At the temple, the Furies are woken by
Iphegenia's Ghost

Agamemnon's Ghost

Aegisthus' Ghost

Clytaemestra's Ghost
20 Clytaemestra's ghost goes disgraced among the dead because
she exiled her daughter

she murdered her husband

she murdered Aegisthus

she exiled her son
21 The Furies argue that Orestes' crime was worse than Clytaemestra's because
he murdered with the aid of deception

he did not receive divine permission

he spilled kindred blood

he killed for pleasure
22 The Furies could best be said to embody
the young, the rational, the ugly

the young, the rational, the beautiful

the ancient, the rational, the masculine

the ancient, the primal, the terrifying
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 Athene, at the Acropolis in Athens

the temple of Zeus, in Sparta

the temple of Apollo, at Delphi

the temple of the Furies, in Tartarus
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

At Orestes trial, Athene casts her ballot in favor of Orestes. Her vote will decide Orestes' fate if the jurors are tied. This event is followed a moment of suspense, as Orestes frets about what the verdict will be and the ballots are counted....

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Eumenides Question

Orestes committed matricide by killing his mother Clytemnestra to avenge the murder of his father, Agamemnon.

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How athena and apollo help in saving orestes?

Athena and Apollo can be said to have saved Orestes only indirectly by taking him to Athens where other agents perform the task Apollo himself could not fulfill alone.

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Answered by Aslan on 11/10/2015 11:07 PM

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