WorksheetsChoephoroi - Eumenides
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In The Eumenides, who casts the decisive vote at Orestes' trial?
Apollo
Celaeno
Pylades
Athena
The Oresteia culminates in ___.
the extinction of the family of Atreus
the end of the Trojan Saga
the creation of the Areopagus council
the Oedipus story
A libation is a(n) ___.
human sacrifice
prayer of thanksgiving
drink offering
omen of blood guilt
Orestes' silent companion is ___.
Poulydamas
Polyneices
Ponce de León
Pylades
Orestes' strategy in The Libation Bearers consists of ___.
posing as a stranger and presenting an urn containing his own ashes
surprising Clytaemestra alone and calling for back-up from Pylades
relying on the large army he has hidden in the hills outside town
negotiating with Aegisthus and Clytaemestra like reasonable people
When Clytaemestra learns that Aegisthus has been killed, she ___.
welcomes her son with a tearful apology
plans to kill Orestes
tries to seduce Pylades
flees into the countryside
At the beginning of The Eumenides, the Pythian priestess' morning prayers are interrupted by ___.
Orestes
Apollo
the Furies
Zeus
"The matter is too big for any mortal man who thinks he can judge it." This is said by Athena when she ___.
banishes the Furies forever to Tartarus
hands Orestes over to the Furies
creates the Areopagus Council
invites Dionysus over for a drink
When the Areopagus Council cast a tie vote, ___.
the accused was condemned
a mistrial was declared
the Delphic oracle was consulted
the accused was acquitted
At the end of the Oresteia, the Furies
have become the Eumenides (Kindly Ones)
have moved to Athens
declare, "No anarchy, no rule of a single master"
All options are true.
