The Oresteia: Agamemnon; The Libation Bearers; The Eumenides (Penguin Classics)
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Libation Bearers Study Guide

by Aeschylus

Libation Bearers Quiz 2

1. Orestes plans to kill Clytaemestra and Aegisthus

  • with a special blade that was a gift from Zeus
  • in a duel
  • both with a special blade that was a gift from Zeus and by deception
  • by deception

2. Orestes pretends that he is the bringer of news. The news is that

  • Electra is dead.
  • Orestes is dead.
  • the Trojan War has been won.
  • the Spartan army is advancing.

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