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

2. In what direction do Leander, Mithros, and Orestes travel when they escape?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

3. At the end of Chapter 3, where does Electra think that she will see Orestes when he returns?
(a) By the sea.
(b) In the courtyard.
(c) At her father's grave.
(d) In the old garden where she and Iphigenia used to meet.

4. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?
(a) 16.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

5. In Chapter 1, how long were the bodies to remain in the open under the sun?
(a) A day or two.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2-3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, why is Iphigenia murdered?

2. In Chapter 2, how many of the old woman's sons were taken for the army?

3. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?

4. What are the plans to honor Dinos when he arrives at the palace in Chapter 3?

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

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