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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus say happened to the boys when they were imprisoned?
(a) Taught to fight.
(b) Entertained and given tutors.
(c) Beaten, badly treated, and starved.
(d) Well care for.

4. 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) 2 miles.
(b) 1/3 of a mile.
(c) 1/2 a mile.
(d) A mile.

5. How does Electra want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?
(a) Suffocate her.
(b) Slit her throat.
(c) Make her trip and hit her head.
(d) Stab her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who does Clytemnestra tell Orestes killed his father?

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

3. In Chapter 4, after Orestes helps Mitros and Theodotus, where does a guard tell him to go in the night?

4. In Chapter 3, what remains where Mitros' house had been?

5. What does Clytemnestra have for Agamemnon when he comes home from murdering Iphigenia?

(see the answer key)

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