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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 1, how many prisoners did Clytemnestra release in addition to Aegisthus?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.
2. When Orestes is sent to the bath in Chapter 2, how many other boys are already there?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.
3. In Chapter 2, where do the guards and Orestes find water after they leave a man dead near a cottage?
(a) Stream.
(b) House.
(c) Puddle.
(d) Well.
4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, where do a set of winding steps lead?
(a) A view of the sea.
(b) An old temple.
(c) An old dwelling.
(d) A place that was once a garden.
5. In Chapter 3 after the search for Orestes is unfruitful, what does Theodotus wish to send to find the boys?
(a) A group of elders.
(b) 15 soldiers.
(c) 25 soldiers.
(d) A small army.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 1, what family member of the old woman has been taken prisoner?
2. What makeup did Iphigenia and Clytemnestra wear in Chapter 1 when it was time for the sacrifice?
3. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus say happened to the boys when they were imprisoned?
4. What does Aegisthus threaten to do to Electra after she learns her mother killed her father?
5. In Chapter 2, what swoops down on the boys as they walk to the old woman's house?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Mitros and his home in Chapter 3?
2. Toward the end of Chapter 3, what does Electra realize might free her and how does she try to gain freedom?
3. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice as he is traveling with the guards?
4. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember happened to her when her father returned from the war?
5. 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?
6. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?
7. What does Electra realize about herself and her future in Chapter 3?
8. What happened when Clytenmestra had Aegisthus released from the dungeon?
9. In Chapter 1, how did Clytenmestra control the elders?
10. What does Electra come to realize about the relationship between her mother and Aegisthus and why they stay together?
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