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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3 after the search for Orestes is unfruitful, what does Theodotus wish to send to find the boys?
(a) A small army.
(b) 25 soldiers.
(c) A group of elders.
(d) 15 soldiers.

2. In Chapter 2, how often are the boys allowed to use the baths?
(a) Twice a week.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Every other week.

3. In Chapter 4, what does Aegisthus do when Clytemnestra asks him if they had any control when Orestes was taken away?
(a) Drops his food.
(b) Leaves the room.
(c) Clears his throat.
(d) Knocks over his drink.

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

5. In Chapter 4, who does Ianthe say killed her family?
(a) Clytemnestra's men.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Guards from the palace.
(d) Other villagers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the soldiers want to do to Achilles in Chapter 1, when he asked that Iphigenia not be killed?

2. At the end of Chapter 1, who does Clytemnestra see at the end of her bed watching her?

3. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?

4. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?

5. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?

(see the answer key)

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