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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Electra.

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) 1/2 a mile.
(b) A mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 1/3 of a mile.

2. In Chapter 2, what swoops down on the boys as they walk to the old woman's house?
(a) Crows.
(b) Bats.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Hawks.

3. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

4. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?
(a) Sheep and goats.
(b) Chamois and jackals.
(c) Antelope and sheep.
(d) Wolves and roe deer.

5. In Chapter 1, when Clytemnestra tried to curse her husband and the men who are sacrificing her daughter, what happened to her?
(a) She was tied to a pole.
(b) She was kicked and beaten.
(c) She was slapped and silenced.
(d) She was beaten with a belt.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Aegisthus threaten to do to Electra after she learns her mother killed her father?

4. In Chapter 2, where does a guard take Orestes when he leaves his mother's room?

5. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?

(see the answer key)

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