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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where does Electra go to hear news?
(a) Courtyard.
(b) Hall outside her mother's room.
(c) Corner of her mother's room.
(d) Dining room.

2. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?
(a) Seabirds.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Ravens.
(d) Pigeons.

3. In Chapter 1, who told Clytemnestra that Iphigenia is to be sacrificed?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) A cook.
(c) A serving woman.
(d) Achilles.

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

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

6. In Chapter 1, how many men did Aegisthus have that were loyal to him?
(a) 750.
(b) 450.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

7. In what direction do Leander, Mithros, and Orestes travel when they escape?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

8. In Chapter 1, when Agamemnon sent Clytemnestra home, how many men did he send to guard her?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

9. In Chapter 1, how many prisoners did Clytemnestra release in addition to Aegisthus?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

10. In Chapter 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?
(a) 4-5.
(b) 2-3.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 3-4.

11. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice in the palace as he waits to welcome his father?
(a) Emptiness and silence.
(b) Whispered conversations among the guards.
(c) 3-4 people talking in a nearby room.
(d) Laughing and talking.

12. What does Clytemnestra have for Agamemnon when he comes home from murdering Iphigenia?
(a) Food.
(b) Dagger.
(c) Knife.
(d) Wine.

13. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) Dungeons.
(c) Her room.
(d) Iphigenia's room.

14. In Chapter 2, where does a guard take Orestes when he leaves his mother's room?
(a) His room.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Main hall.
(d) Banquet hall.

15. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?
(a) Antelope and sheep.
(b) Wolves and roe deer.
(c) Chamois and jackals.
(d) Sheep and goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 when the boys are at the house of the man with goats, how close is the next nearest house?

2. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?

3. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Electra get new clothes?

5. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?

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