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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, when someone comes near to Clytemnestra, who does she think it might be?
(a) A family member.
(b) Someone she murdered.
(c) Someone she hated.
(d) Someone she loved.

2. In Chapter 6, how many guards enter the palace with Leander?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

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

4. In Chapter 6, what does Orestes remember that his sister was doing when he returned from murdering their mother?
(a) Shouting in the corridor.
(b) Berating the servants.
(c) Caring for Ianthe.
(d) Fixing food.

5. In Chapter 6, what are the slaves doing that Agamemnon captured so long ago?
(a) Marauding settlements and attacking houses.
(b) Building irrigation canals.
(c) Fighting Leander's army.
(d) Clearing rocks.

6. How does Clytemnestra describe the place where she is in Chapter 5?
(a) Blankness, strangeness, and silence.
(b) Dark and dreary.
(c) Shadowy and quiet.
(d) Like being underwater.

7. In Chapter 4, when Leander and Orestes come to the house of Leander's mother's family, how long do they stay?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) A day and night.
(d) 2 days and 2 nights.

8. In Chapter 4, who does Clytemnestra tell Orestes that he can trust?
(a) Electra.
(b) No one.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Her.

9. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the guards hear in the corridor at night?
(a) Whispering.
(b) The wind.
(c) Singing.
(d) A voice.

10. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the elders want to do with Orestes?
(a) Send him away.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Imprison him.
(d) Break his legs.

11. In Chapter 6, what is decided to be done with the slaves Agamemnon captured so long ago?
(a) Send them to a territory.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Put them in the army.
(d) Put them back to work.

12. On page 242, what can the guards feel when Clytemnestra comes from the garden?
(a) A whisper.
(b) A breeze.
(c) A movement.
(d) A disturbance.

13. In Chapter 5, what remnant persists of thought for Clytemnestra?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

14. At the beginning of Chapter 4, how many abandoned or destroyed homes do Orestes and Leander find?
(a) Every house they see.
(b) Every other house they see.
(c) 2-3.
(d) 4-5.

15. In Chapter 4, where are Mitros and Theodotus being held?
(a) Dungeon.
(b) Underground in the gardens.
(c) Fortress where the boys were held.
(d) A village by the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, who does Ianthe tell first that she is pregnant?

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

3. What does a guard want to know at the end of Chapter 5 when he speaks to Clytemnestra?

4. In Chapter 4, after Leander's family is killed, how does Clytemnestra feel when she dines with Orestes?

5. On page 242, who does Clytemnestra realize she is looking for?

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