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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nights after planning how to free Mitros and Theodotus does Orestes go to rescue them?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 night.
(d) 2 nights.

2. How long after the old woman dies does Mithros die?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) The next night.
(d) The next afternoon.

3. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) Dead sheep.
(c) Dead horses.
(d) Dead cattle.

4. In Chapter 2, what work are Leander, Mithros, and Orestes offered in return for food and shelter from a man with goats?
(a) Clean out barns.
(b) Sow a field.
(c) Milk goats.
(d) Dig ditches.

5. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?
(a) Sound of running water.
(b) Bees.
(c) Ants.
(d) Sound of wind in the trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Orestes meet Electra in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 4, who does Orestes realize orders the killing of Leander's family?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Orestes remember that his sister was doing when he returned from murdering their mother?

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

5. On page 241, what is the first word that occurs to Clytemnestra?

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