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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Trying on dresses.
(c) Walking in the garden.
(d) Writing letters.

2. In Chapter 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 4-5.
(d) 1-2.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice in the palace as he waits to welcome his father?
(a) Whispered conversations among the guards.
(b) Emptiness and silence.
(c) 3-4 people talking in a nearby room.
(d) Laughing and talking.

4. In Chapter 4, what time of day does Clytemnestra want Orestes to leave and meet Dinos?
(a) Mid-day.
(b) First light.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

5. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?
(a) Dead sheep.
(b) Dead cattle.
(c) Dead horses.
(d) Dead bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4 when Leander and Orestes come across a fast-flowing stream, how far does Leander think they are from a village where his mother's family is from?

2. In Chapter 2 when the boys are at the house of the man with goats, how close is the next nearest house?

3. At the end of Chapter 2, what happens to the dog?

4. In Chapter 3, who comes to the palace the morning after most of the boys are returned home?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Electra say have infested the place where she and Iphigenia used to meet?

(see the answer key)

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