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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how long were the bodies to remain in the open under the sun?
(a) 2-3 days.
(b) A day or two.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 1 day.

2. In Chapter 2, how many guards lead Orestes away from the palace?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?
(a) Beyond the river and towards the blue mountains.
(b) Beyond the river and toward the grey mountains.
(c) In a village on an island in the river.
(d) In house that touches the clouds.

4. In Chapter 3 after the search for Orestes is unfruitful, what does Theodotus wish to send to find the boys?
(a) A group of elders.
(b) 25 soldiers.
(c) 15 soldiers.
(d) A small army.

5. At the end of Chapter 2, what happens to the dog?
(a) Stays at the house.
(b) Follows Leander and Orestes.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Dies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?

2. What does Aegisthus threaten to do to Electra after she learns her mother killed her father?

3. In Chapter 3, what remains where Mitros' house had been?

4. In Chapter 1, where does Clytemnestra put the old woman when she brings her to her place?

5. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Electra come to realize about the relationship between her mother and Aegisthus and why they stay together?

2. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

3. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

4. What causes Leander and Orestes to leave the old woman's house?

5. How do the boys get the old woman to allow them to stay with her?

6. In Chapter 3, where does Electra remember that she and her sister used to go if they wished to speak privately?

7. In Chapter 3, how is Electra's room an outpost of the underworld?

8. What happens when the boys meet a man with goats in Chapter 2?

9. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus learn about the missing boys?

10. In Chapter 2, why does each boy have a slate?

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