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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. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Trying on dresses.
(b) Bathing.
(c) Walking in the garden.
(d) Writing letters.

2. In Chapter 1, what family member of the old woman has been taken prisoner?
(a) Granddaughter.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Son.
(d) Grandson.

3. In Chapter 3 when Theodotus, Mitros, and other men come to speak with Clytemnestra, how many men will she see at a time?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. 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) 12.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?

2. How long does it take the old woman to weave poison into the garment that Clytemnestra gives her?

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

4. In what direction do Leander, Mithros, and Orestes travel when they escape?

5. In Chapter 1, what did Clytemnestra want the old woman to weave poison into?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, how many times has Electra seen Aegisthus flinch or show fear and how does she describe when she saw fear in him?

3. What causes Leander and Orestes to leave the old woman's house?

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

5. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

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

7. What happened to the people who lived with the old woman?

8. Who is Aegisthus?

9. Who was to be in charge while Clytenmestra went to Agamemnon?

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

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