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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?
(a) Esdras.
(b) Adonis.
(c) Balios.
(d) Dinos.

2. In Chapter 1, what did Agamemnon plan to kill before killing Iphigenia?
(a) Heifers.
(b) Lambs.
(c) Calves.
(d) Bulls.

3. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 months.
(d) 1 year.

4. In Chapter 2, how many of the old woman's sons were taken for the army?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Electra's mother react when Electra arrives for Dinos' feast in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 1, what family member of the old woman has been taken prisoner?

3. In Chapter 2, what work are Leander, Mithros, and Orestes offered in return for food and shelter from a man with goats?

4. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?

5. In Chapter 2, where do the guards and Orestes find water after they leave a man dead near a cottage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

2. Toward the end of Chapter 3, what does Electra realize might free her and how does she try to gain freedom?

3. What happens when the boys meet a man with goats in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Clytenmestra think that she should have done with Electra when she got home?

5. Who is Aegisthus?

6. In Chapter 3, where does Electra remember that she and her sister used to go if they wished to speak privately?

7. What does Electra realize about herself and her future in Chapter 3?

8. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

9. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus learn about the missing boys?

10. What happened when Clytenmestra had Aegisthus released from the dungeon?

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