Agamemnon

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In what year was Aeschylus born?

• 500 BC
• 525 BC
• 535 BC
• 550 BC

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How many of the more than ninety plays written by Aeschylus have survived to the modern era?

• Three
• Five
• Seven
• Ten

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What play immediately follows Agamemnon in the Oresteia trilogy?

• Prometheus Bound
• The Eumenides
• The Libation Bearers
• The Suppliants

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The events of Agamemnon take place against the backdrop of which ancient historical conflict, which was recounted in Homer’s Iliad?

• The Trojan War
• The Battle of Zama
• Caesar’s Civil War
• The Corinthian War

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What element did Aeschylus add to his plays, creating a new range of dramatic possibilities?

• A second actor
• An understudy
• A chorus
• Masks