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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, what replaces truth and knowledge?
(a) Being unmoored and lost.
(b) Being perplexed and bewildered.
(c) Being lost and scared.
(d) Being unstable and unanchored.

2. In Chapter 6, who does Orestes tell Ianthe moves in the palace corridors at night?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) Theodotus.

3. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Trying on dresses.
(d) Walking in the garden.

4. On page 241, what is guiding Clytemnestra?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Shadowy stability.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) A spirit.

5. In Chapter 3, who did Aegisthus say murdered Electra's father?
(a) Agamemnom's soldiers.
(b) Clytemnestra.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) He did.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 when the old woman dies, how long have the boys lived with her?

2. What comes to Clytemnestra in Chapter 5?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what lingers most for Clytemnestra?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the elders want to do with Orestes?

5. How does Clytemnestra know when Agamemnon is coming home?

(see the answer key)

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