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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, who does Clytemnestra tell Orestes that he can trust?
(a) No one.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Electra.
(d) Her.

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

5. In Chapter 4, where are the rebels gaining strength?
(a) By the sea.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) Outside the palace.
(d) In villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, when Orestes is left with the other boys, what is the only sound he hears?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus say happened to the boys when they were imprisoned?

3. In Chapter 4, what time of day does Clytemnestra want Orestes to leave and meet Dinos?

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

5. In Chapter 3 when Theodotus, Mitros, and other men come to speak with Clytemnestra, how many men will she see at a time?

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