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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, who sends a message and asks Electra to go to his house?
(a) Cobon.
(b) Mitros.
(c) Theodotus.
(d) Achilles.

2. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

4. In Chapter 3, how many boys besides Orestes are not returned?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember hearing at nightfall when she and her sister would meet in a deserted place?

2. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?

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

4. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?

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

(see the answer key)

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