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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra think that she will fade?
(a) Over a long period of time.
(b) Gradually.
(c) In a quick moment.
(d) Suddenly.

2. After Clytemnestra will not see Theodotus and Mitros in Chapter 3, how many men do they gather to stand with them?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

3. In Chapter 1, while Clytenmestra was speaking with Achilles, who came to the tents where she was staying with Iphigenia?
(a) 4 soldiers.
(b) 2 soldiers.
(c) 5 rough men in armor.
(d) 3 rough men in armor.

4. In Chapter 2, who finds the house of the old woman where the boys are staying?
(a) Two guards.
(b) Two women and a couple children.
(c) The farmer.
(d) An old man.

5. In Chapter 4, who does Orestes realize orders the killing of Leander's family?
(a) Electra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Dinos.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 242, what can the guards feel when Clytemnestra comes from the garden?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the guards hear in the corridor at night?

3. In Chapter 4, what domesticated animals do Orestes and Leander see after eating a rabbit?

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?

5. In Chapter 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?

(see the answer key)

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