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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 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.

2. 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.

3. In Chapter 2, what does a guard discover when he goes to look for food?
(a) Bandits are in the woods.
(b) The fields have been salted.
(c) The wells have been poisoned.
(d) Some soldiers and slaves have escaped.

4. What was the name of the woman who returned with Agamemnon?
(a) Daphne.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Agathe.
(d) Hermione.

5. In Chapter 3, what remains where Mitros' house had been?
(a) A crater.
(b) Stones and rubble.
(c) Broken walls.
(d) Trees and scrub.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, when Leander and Orestes come to the house of Leander's mother's family, how long do they stay?

2. In Chapter 6, how many men does Ianthe say attacked her when her family was slaughtered?

3. In Chapter 1, how long were the bodies to remain in the open under the sun?

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra know will happen in time?

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