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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?
(a) A mile.
(b) 1/2 a mile.
(c) 1/3 of a mile.
(d) 2 miles.

2. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 10 months.

3. What did the old woman whisper in Chapter 2 before she died?
(a) A poem.
(b) Names.
(c) A story.
(d) A song.

4. In Chapter 2 when water is found in a house with a man and a woman, how much is Orestes given?
(a) 2 cups.
(b) 1 cups.
(c) All he can drink.
(d) About 1/2 a cup.

5. What inspires Agamemnon in Chapter 1 when he comes home?
(a) Good wine.
(b) Bath.
(c) A good dinner.
(d) His wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice in the palace as he waits to welcome his father?

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

3. Who was rumored to have killed Aegisthus' two half brothers and served them at a feast?

4. In Chapter 1, where does Clytemnestra put the old woman when she brings her to her place?

5. In Chapter 1, when Clytemnestra tried to curse her husband and the men who are sacrificing her daughter, what happened to her?

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