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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 2, when Orestes is left with the other boys, what is the only sound he hears?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Sneezing.
(c) Water dripping.
(d) Whispering.

2. As Orestes travels with the guards in Chapter 2, what birds does he notice?
(a) Grouse.
(b) Geese.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Crows.

3. At the end of Chapter 1, who does Clytemnestra see at the end of her bed watching her?
(a) Young girl.
(b) Old woman.
(c) Electra.
(d) Orestes.

4. Who was rumored to have killed Aegisthus' two half brothers and served them at a feast?
(a) Clytemnestra's father.
(b) Agamemnon's uncle.
(c) Clytemnestra's father-in-law.
(d) Agamemnon's grandfather.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What color was Iphigenia's hair?

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

4. In Chatper 2 in the story Mithros told, how long did swans fly?

5. In Chapter 2, who finds the house of the old woman where the boys are staying?

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