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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?
(a) Bees.
(b) Sound of running water.
(c) Sound of wind in the trees.
(d) Ants.

2. What makeup did Iphigenia and Clytemnestra wear in Chapter 1 when it was time for the sacrifice?
(a) Colored ointments on their lips.
(b) Paint on their cheeks.
(c) Colors around their eyes.
(d) White ointment and black lines for their eyes.

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

4. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?
(a) 16.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

5. How old was Orestes when Iphigenia died?
(a) 9.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many men did Aegisthus have that were loyal to him?

2. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?

3. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?

4. In Chapter 1, what family member of the old woman has been taken prisoner?

5. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?

(see the answer key)

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