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

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

3. In Chapter 1, how long had Aegisthus been held hostage?
(a) More than 5 years.
(b) About 6 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 4 years.

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

5. In Chapter 3, who does Electra say are her companions?
(a) A couple servant girls.
(b) Children in the palace.
(c) Her father and sister.
(d) Several daughters of elders.

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. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?

3. What color was Iphigenia's hair?

4. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?

5. In Chapter 3, who does Electra think might be a good husband for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

2. In Chapter 2, how do Leander, Orestes, and Mithros escape?

3. In Chapter 2, why does each boy have a slate?

4. In Chapter 3, how is Electra's room an outpost of the underworld?

5. How do the boys get the old woman to allow them to stay with her?

6. What happens to Mitros and his home in Chapter 3?

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

8. In Chapter 2, what is the first rule that Leander creates and how does he intend for the boys to protect themselves?

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

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

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