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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 2, when the boys are set upon by dogs after leaving the man with goats, where does a dog grab Leander?
(a) Ankle.
(b) Arm.
(c) Thigh.
(d) Buttocks.

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

3. In Chapter 2, who finds the house of the old woman where the boys are staying?
(a) The farmer.
(b) Two guards.
(c) Two women and a couple children.
(d) An old man.

4. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 5 years.

5. What did the soldiers want to do to Achilles in Chapter 1, when he asked that Iphigenia not be killed?
(a) Drown him.
(b) Stone him.
(c) Slit his throat.
(d) Stab him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how long had Aegisthus been held hostage?

2. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?

3. How does Clytemnestra know when Agamemnon is coming home?

4. When was Clytemnestra released from the pit in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 3, after Electra learns her mother murdered her father, why does Theodotus's son want to see her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What happens when the guards and Orestes come upon a house with a man, his wife, and four children in Chapter 2?

4. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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

6. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

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

8. How did Agamemnon get Clytemnestra and Iphigenia to come to him?

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

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

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