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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many prisoners did Clytemnestra release in addition to Aegisthus?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 3, what remains where Mitros' house had been?
(a) Stones and rubble.
(b) Broken walls.
(c) Trees and scrub.
(d) A crater.

3. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?
(a) Balios.
(b) Esdras.
(c) Dinos.
(d) Adonis.

4. In Chapter 2, where do the guards and Orestes find water after they leave a man dead near a cottage?
(a) House.
(b) Well.
(c) Stream.
(d) Puddle.

5. How long does it take the old woman to weave poison into the garment that Clytemnestra gives her?
(a) Several hours.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) 45 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?

2. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how many abandoned or destroyed homes do Orestes and Leander find?

4. In Chapter 3, after Electra learns her mother murdered her father, why does Theodotus's son want to see her?

5. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?

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