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The tragedy Oresteia contained three plays related in theme by the murder of... |
| | A) | Prometheus. |
| | B) | Cassandra, the priestess of Apollo. |
| | C) | Agamemnon. |
| | D) | Hercules. |
| | E) | the prophet, Tiresius. |
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The plot line of the Oresteia roughly goes like this... |
| | A) | Agamemnon is murdered by his wife; she is murdered by Agamemnon's mistress Cassandra; who is murdered by Agamemnon's daughter; who is murdered by Orestes. |
| | B) | Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter; Orestes murders Agamemnon, his father; his mother murders him; and Cassandra murders the mother. |
| | C) | Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter; is murdered by his son; who is murdered by his mother; who is murdered by Cassandra. |
| | D) | Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter; is murdered by his wife; who also murders Cassandra; Orestes murders his mother. |
| | E) | Agamemnon is murdered by Cassandra; who also murders Agamemnon's wife; and who is sacrificed by Agamemnon's daughter; who is murdered by Orestes. |
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The Furies function in the play as... |
| | A) | the chorus. |
| | B) | the savagery of nature. |
| | C) | the shadow-side of the Goddess. |
| | D) | merciless avengers. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Athene functions in the play as... |
| | A) | an epitome of feminine grace. |
| | B) | an example of persuasion. |
| | C) | the militancy of women's rights. |
| | D) | the compassion of Zeus. |
| | E) | unconscious instinct. |
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It could be said that one of the underlying themes of the Oresteia is... |
| | A) | the cultural shift from the chthonic Goddess to the ouranic Olympians. |
| | B) | the political shift from democracy to monarchy. |
| | C) | the cultural shift in gender roles providing education for women. |
| | D) | the oppression of the matriarchy. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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One prevailing motif of the Oresteia is... |
| | A) | the need for redefining justice. |
| | B) | physical evolution. |
| | C) | political impotency. |
| | D) | moral freedom. |
| | E) | ritual worship of the Gods and Goddesses. |
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One of the strongest elements of the Oresteia in terms of the characters' gender roles is that of... |
| | A) | mutual respect. |
| | B) | murderers across the gender lines. |
| | C) | generosity of spirit of the sexes. |
| | D) | moral restraint. |
| | E) | victimization of the men. |
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One of the most important themes in Oresteia concerns the ___________ of the Gods and Goddesses. |
| | A) | love affairs |
| | B) | moral evolution |
| | C) | release of the Trojan captives |
| | D) | immorality |
| | E) | creation |
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In the Oresteia the Furies are turned into... |
| | A) | eagles. |
| | B) | worshippers in the cult of Dionysus. |
| | C) | kindly ones. |
| | D) | beautiful ones. |
| | E) | Gorgon. |
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In the Oresteia the Gods and Goddesses are... |
| | A) | not eternal. |
| | B) | changing. |
| | C) | not omniscient. |
| | D) | evolving. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Aeschylus' Oresteia could be said to be concerned with replacing personal acts of barbarism with... |
| | A) | legal revolution. |
| | B) | matriarchy. |
| | C) | rituals to the Gods and Goddesses. |
| | D) | blood-kin vengeance. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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When the author of the Oresteia has Athene admit that "no ONE" should decide (a question of such moral complexity), he is making a statement of his own about... |
| | A) | the moral responsibility of the individual. |
| | B) | dysfunctional families. |
| | C) | juries of free citizens. |
| | D) | that Zeus should depend on her judgement. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the second play of the Oresteia trilogy, the chorus of The Libation Bearers is comprised of... |
| | A) | satyrs. |
| | B) | wild bands of women. |
| | C) | captive women from Troy. |
| | D) | followers of Dionysus. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the first play of the Oresteia, the chorus of Agamemnon is... |
| | A) | a group of centaurs. |
| | B) | a group of captive Trojan warriors. |
| | C) | a group of aged citizens. |
| | D) | comprised of Furies and Gorgons. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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The chorus for the last play of Oresteia, the Eumenides are... |
| | A) | dead souls. |
| | B) | the Furies. |
| | C) | the Gods and Goddesses. |
| | D) | captive women from Troy. |
| | E) | centaurs and satyrs. |
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In ancient mythology, the Furies were said to have been born of... |
| | A) | drops of blood from the genitals of Uranus. |
| | B) | comets. |
| | C) | Apollo. |
| | D) | the drops of blood from Medusa's severed head. |
| | E) | the Fates. |
| | F) | the head of Zeus. |
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When the Furies first see Orestes in the Oresteia, they... |
| | A) | fall to worshipping him. |
| | B) | beg his forgiveness for murdering his father. |
| | C) | warn him that they must kill his mother. |
| | D) | attack him for killing his mother. |
| | E) | attack him for killing Medusa. |
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By setting the action of the Oresteia around the cursed family of Atreus, Aeschylus conveys the message that the Gods and Goddesses are... |
| | A) | determined to wipe them out. |
| | B) | determined to end wanton vengeance and blood shed. |
| | C) | washing their hands of human affairs. |
| | D) | uninterested in human affairs. |
| | E) | promiscuous. |
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The originator of the curse on the House of Atreus is Tantalus, who... |
| | A) | attempted to trick the Gods. |
| | B) | tried to serve the Gods his own son. |
| | C) | killed and cooked his own son. |
| | D) | killed and cooked his nephew. |
| | E) | all the above. |
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Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia because... |
| | A) | he couldn't wait to sack Rome. |
| | B) | he couldn't wait to get home. |
| | C) | the Gods and Goddesses becalmed his fleet. |
| | D) | the women were too noisy. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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Apollo commands Orestes to kill the murderer of his father, Agamemnon. Who is that murderer? |
| | A) | Agamemnon's wife |
| | B) | Orestes' mother |
| | C) | Iphigenia's mother |
| | D) | Cassandra's murderer |
| | E) | All of the above |
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In the Oresteia, Clytemnestra dreams... |
| | A) | a snake bites her breast. |
| | B) | a snake eats her husband. |
| | C) | a huge snake is wound around a cross. |
| | D) | she was a Snake Goddess. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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If Orestes does NOT kill his mother... |
| | A) | the Furies will take him to Hades. |
| | B) | Phoebus will curse him. |
| | C) | Athene will marry him. |
| | D) | he will be granted immortality. |
| | E) | he will be eaten by a snake. |
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If Orestes kills his mother... |
| | A) | the Furies will take him, body and soul. |
| | B) | Apollo will grant him immortality. |
| | C) | he will be given power over Asia Minor. |
| | D) | Athene will strike him dead. |
| | E) | Cassandra will be given to him as concubine. |
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In the Oresteia, Apollo claims that males are the only true parents because... |
| | A) | women only nurse the seed. |
| | B) | women are too selfish. |
| | C) | women are too promiscuous. |
| | D) | women are too beautiful. |
| | E) | women are incapable of intelligence. |
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In the Oresteia, Athene can be said to represent the male principle of parenthood because she... |
| | A) | was born only of a male . |
| | B) | was beautiful. |
| | C) | was Zeus' consort. |
| | D) | was able to defeat the rest of the Goddesses in a contest of intelligence. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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In the Oresteia, Athene transforms the Furies into beings who confer blessings rather than punishment by... |
| | A) | persuading them that she would make them immortal. |
| | B) | clipping their wings. |
| | C) | giving them mortal males as consorts. |
| | D) | persuading them it was in their best interest. |
| | E) | changing them into mortal women. |
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Athene's role in the Oresteia is to ultimately mediate between the forces of... |
| | A) | good and evil. |
| | B) | time-honored tradition and political innovations. |
| | C) | time-honored ritual and human sacrifice. |
| | D) | Troy and Sparta. |
| | E) | the Furies and the Gorgons. |
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It could be said that Athene's role in the Oresteia is to mediate between the forces representing... |
| | A) | instinct and social responsibility. |
| | B) | Apollo and Dionysus. |
| | C) | the id and the superconscious. |
| | D) | the Goddess and the Olympians. |
| | E) | all of the above. |
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