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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what swoops down on the boys as they walk to the old woman's house?
(a) Crows.
(b) Bats.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Vultures.

2. In Chapter 2 when water is found in a house with a man and a woman, how much is Orestes given?
(a) 2 cups.
(b) All he can drink.
(c) About 1/2 a cup.
(d) 1 cups.

3. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

4. In Chapter 3, where does Electra get new clothes?
(a) From her sister's wardrobe.
(b) Her mother orders new clothes for her.
(c) She hires a seamstress.
(d) Aegisthus brings them to her.

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

6. At the end of Chapter 3, where does Electra think that she will see Orestes when he returns?
(a) By the sea.
(b) At her father's grave.
(c) In the courtyard.
(d) In the old garden where she and Iphigenia used to meet.

7. In Chapter 3, after Clytemnestra orders men to search for Orestes and the other boys, what does Electra compare her to?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Dog.
(c) Lion.
(d) Bird.

8. In Chapter 3, who sends a message and asks Electra to go to his house?
(a) Theodotus.
(b) Cobon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Mitros.

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

10. At the beginning of Chapter 3, where do a set of winding steps lead?
(a) An old dwelling.
(b) A view of the sea.
(c) A place that was once a garden.
(d) An old temple.

11. In Chapter 3, how many boys besides Orestes are not returned?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

12. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?
(a) A mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1/3 of a mile.
(d) 1/2 a mile.

13. What does Aegisthus threaten to do to Electra after she learns her mother killed her father?
(a) Put her in a floor below the dungeon.
(b) Rape her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Kidnap her.

14. In Chapter 1, what did Clytemnestra want the old woman to weave poison into?
(a) Robe.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Tunic.
(d) Belt.

15. What are the plans to honor Dinos when he arrives at the palace in Chapter 3?
(a) Many gifts and a feast.
(b) A spectacle in the streets and then a feast.
(c) A bride and a feast.
(d) A play and a feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, who told Clytemnestra that Iphigenia is to be sacrificed?

2. As Orestes travels with the guards in Chapter 2, what birds does he notice?

3. In Chapter 3, what does Electra say have infested the place where she and Iphigenia used to meet?

4. In Chapter 1, when Clytemnestra tried to curse her husband and the men who are sacrificing her daughter, what happened to her?

5. What did the old woman whisper in Chapter 2 before she died?

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