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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On page 243, what would it take for the guards to be able to see or sense Clytemnestra?
(a) The feeling of her passing.
(b) A sound or gesture.
(c) The sound of her voice.
(d) A gliding movement.

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra know will happen in time?
(a) She will lose consciousness.
(b) She will leave her home.
(c) She will no longer be able to wander.
(d) Shadows will fold in on her.

3. After Clytemnestra will not see Theodotus and Mitros in Chapter 3, how many men do they gather to stand with them?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

4. In Chapter 3, how many boys besides Orestes are not returned?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

5. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Orestes travels with the guards in Chapter 2, what birds does he notice?

3. In Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra think that she will fade?

4. In Chapter 3, who did Aegisthus say murdered Electra's father?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Electra say have infested the place where she and Iphigenia used to meet?

(see the answer key)

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