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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter, 5 when Clytemnestra fades and is at the end, what does she think she will know at that time?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Everything.
(c) Childhood memories.
(d) Some of her memories.

2. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice in the palace as he waits to welcome his father?
(a) Emptiness and silence.
(b) Laughing and talking.
(c) 3-4 people talking in a nearby room.
(d) Whispered conversations among the guards.

3. Where does Clytemnestra walk on page 241?
(a) Village.
(b) River.
(c) Palace.
(d) Garden.

4. How does Clytemnestra describe the place where she is in Chapter 5?
(a) Like being underwater.
(b) Blankness, strangeness, and silence.
(c) Dark and dreary.
(d) Shadowy and quiet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who sends a message and asks Electra to go to his house?

2. In Chapter 2, when Orestes and the guards reach their destination, how many boys are already there?

3. In Chapter 2, what work are Leander, Mithros, and Orestes offered in return for food and shelter from a man with goats?

4. In Chapter 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?

5. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?

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