Libation Bearers Quizzes

Libation Bearers Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed May 01, 2000

1 Aeschylus was a citizen of

Troy

Athens

Sparta

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

the audience

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

six, five of which were written by Aeschylus

one: the Oresteia

five, including 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

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

togas

nothing

masks

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 nymphs of Artemis

the Chorus

the Bacchae

Sappho's "maidens"
7 Who killed Agamemnon?

Iphigeneia and Helen

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

Atreus and Pylades

Orestes and Electra
8 The Curse on the House of Atreus began with

the sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the improper burial of Polyneices

the murder of Agamemnon

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

the Theban civil war

the Argive 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

killing Thyestes' children and eating them

setting Odysseus adrift on a canoe

sacrificing Agamemnon's daughter, Iphigeneia

attacking Troy
11 When Agamemnon returned, he

was ambushed by Achilles

was murdered by Electra and Orestes

was killed while bathing

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

the tomb of Clytaemestra

the palace of Clytaemestra

the tomb of Agamemnon

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

the tomb of Clytaemestra

the shrine of Apollo

the tomb of Agamemnon

the space before the doors of Clytaemestra's palace
14 Orestes returns

with Cassandra

with a group of bodyguards

alone

with his friend, Pylades
15 Orestes has been

dead

fighting in the Trojan War

studying at the Academy in Athens

living in exile at the house of Clytaemestra's friends
16 Electra has been

reduced to servitude in her own house

executed

forced to wear her father's armor

made the next in succession should Clytaemestra die
17 The Chorus of The Libation Bearers is made up of

the slave women of the palace

the Furies

the elders of Argos

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

Electra believes offerings will bring her brother back

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

Orestes has recently died
19 Electra suspects that Orestes may have returned because

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

he has the biggest feet in Argos, and she sees huge footprints by the tomb

she has had prophetic visions of his return

his scent is in the air
20 Orestes has returned to Argos under the orders of

Apollo

Athena

Artemis

Agamemnon's ghost
21 Clytaemestra dreamed that

she was murdered by her guards

she was breastfeeding a lion

she was breastfeeding a snake

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

kill Electra

forgive his mother and become a priest

serve his mother and win back her favor

kill his mother and Aegisthus
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 sacrifice of Iphigeneia

the adulterous affair with Aegisthus

the death of Helen

the lives wasted in the Trojan War
25 The Chorus is loyal to

Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

Athens

Sparta

Electra and Orestes