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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 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

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

3. In Chapter 1, what did Agamemnon plan to kill before killing Iphigenia?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Heifers.
(c) Calves.
(d) Lambs.

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. In Chapter 3, who did Aegisthus say murdered Electra's father?
(a) He did.
(b) Agamemnom's soldiers.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Clytemnestra.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, when Orestes is left with the other boys, what is the only sound he hears?

3. In Chapter 1, how many prisoners did Clytemnestra release in addition to Aegisthus?

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

5. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Electra realize about herself and her future in Chapter 3?

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

6. What does Electra come to realize about the relationship between her mother and Aegisthus and why they stay together?

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

8. 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?

9. Who is Aegisthus?

10. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

(see the answer keys)

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