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

2. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?
(a) Balios.
(b) Adonis.
(c) Esdras.
(d) Dinos.

3. In Chapter 1, when Agamemnon sent Clytemnestra home, how many men did he send to guard her?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. How long does it take the old woman to weave poison into the garment that Clytemnestra gives her?
(a) Several hours.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) A few minutes.

5. 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) 1/3 of a mile.
(d) 2 miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

3. In Chapter 2, how long does Orestes go without being beaten by the guards?

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

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

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