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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how long were the bodies to remain in the open under the sun?

2. In Chapter 1, what did Clytemnestra want the old woman to weave poison into?

3. In Chapter 2, where do the guards and Orestes find water after they leave a man dead near a cottage?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, who does Clytemnestra see at the end of her bed watching her?

5. In Chapter 3, who does Electra say are her companions?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how do Leander, Orestes, and Mithros escape?

2. Who was to be in charge while Clytenmestra went to Agamemnon?

3. What happens when the guards and Orestes come upon a house with a man, his wife, and four children in Chapter 2?

4. What does Electra realize about herself and her future in Chapter 3?

5. Where is Orestes taken when they reach their destination in Chapter 2?

6. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

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

8. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

9. What happened to the people who lived with the old woman?

10. In Chapter 1, how did Clytenmestra control the elders?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clytemnestra does not believe that the gods direct human behavior. Why does Clytemnestra decide that the gods to not direct human behavior? What does she believe about the freewill of humans?

Essay Topic 2

Clytemnestra and Aegisthus are lovers and co-rulers after Agamemnon’s death. How would you describe the relationship between the two? What brought them together? Why do they stay together if they do not love one another?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses different points of view in the novel. How does the use of different points of view determine the type of characters depicted and how readers view Clytemnestra, Electra, and Orestes? What does point of view reveal about the power characters do or do not have?

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