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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, what does a guard discover when he goes to look for food?
(a) The wells have been poisoned.
(b) Some soldiers and slaves have escaped.
(c) The fields have been salted.
(d) Bandits are in the woods.

2. How old was Orestes when Iphigenia died?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

3. In Chapter 3, after Clytemnestra orders men to search for Orestes and the other boys, what does Electra compare her to?
(a) Peacock.
(b) Lion.
(c) Bird.
(d) Dog.

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

5. In Chapter 1, where does Clytemnestra put the old woman when she brings her to her place?
(a) Shed in the courtyard.
(b) Interior bedroom.
(c) Basement room.
(d) Storeroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?

2. What did the old woman whisper in Chapter 2 before she died?

3. What color was Iphigenia's hair?

4. What does Clytemnestra have for Agamemnon when he comes home from murdering Iphigenia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember happened to her when her father returned from the war?

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

7. 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?

8. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

9. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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

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