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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, who told Clytemnestra that Iphigenia is to be sacrificed?
(a) A cook.
(b) Achilles.
(c) A serving woman.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. In Chapter 2, where does a guard take Orestes when he leaves his mother's room?
(a) Banquet hall.
(b) Main hall.
(c) Gardens.
(d) His room.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice in the palace as he waits to welcome his father?
(a) Whispered conversations among the guards.
(b) Emptiness and silence.
(c) 3-4 people talking in a nearby room.
(d) Laughing and talking.

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

5. Who was rumored to have killed Aegisthus' two half brothers and served them at a feast?
(a) Clytemnestra's father.
(b) Clytemnestra's father-in-law.
(c) Agamemnon's grandfather.
(d) Agamemnon's uncle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember hearing at nightfall when she and her sister would meet in a deserted place?

3. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?

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

5. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Orestes taken when they reach their destination in Chapter 2?

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

3. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

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

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

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

7. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

8. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

9. In Chapter 1, how did Clytenmestra control the elders?

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

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