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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Electra's mother react when Electra arrives for Dinos' feast in Chapter 3?
(a) Pleased.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Angry.
(d) Annoyed.

2. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?
(a) Poisoned water.
(b) Knife to the throat.
(c) Poisoned food.
(d) Stabbed in the back.

3. In Chapter 2, when the boys are set upon by dogs after leaving the man with goats, where does a dog grab Leander?
(a) Thigh.
(b) Arm.
(c) Buttocks.
(d) Ankle.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what lingers most for Clytemnestra?
(a) Her deceased husband and daughter.
(b) Traces of people.
(c) Her memories.
(d) Her actions in the past.

5. In Chapter 2, what work are Leander, Mithros, and Orestes offered in return for food and shelter from a man with goats?
(a) Clean out barns.
(b) Dig ditches.
(c) Milk goats.
(d) Sow a field.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who comes to the palace the morning after most of the boys are returned home?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?

5. On page 242, what breaks the silence at night?

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