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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 want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?
(a) Stab her.
(b) Suffocate her.
(c) Slit her throat.
(d) Make her trip and hit her head.

2. In Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra think that she will fade?
(a) Over a long period of time.
(b) Gradually.
(c) Suddenly.
(d) In a quick moment.

3. In Chapter 1, what did Clytemnestra want the old woman to weave poison into?
(a) Shirt.
(b) Belt.
(c) Tunic.
(d) Robe.

4. In Chapter 3, what remains where Mitros' house had been?
(a) A crater.
(b) Trees and scrub.
(c) Broken walls.
(d) Stones and rubble.

5. In Chapter 5, what feelings does Clytemnestra say that she felt before coming to the place where she is now?
(a) Happiness and peace.
(b) Sadness and devastation.
(c) Frustration and anger.
(d) Sorrow and rage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra know will happen in time?

3. Where does Clytemnestra walk on page 241?

4. What did the old woman whisper in Chapter 2 before she died?

5. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

(see the answer key)

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