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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. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Walking in the garden.
(c) Trying on dresses.
(d) Bathing.

2. What inspires Agamemnon in Chapter 1 when he comes home?
(a) A good dinner.
(b) Bath.
(c) Good wine.
(d) His wife.

3. How does Electra's mother react when Electra arrives for Dinos' feast in Chapter 3?
(a) Angry.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Disgusted.
(d) Annoyed.

4. In Chapter 2, how many of the old woman's sons were taken for the army?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?
(a) Knife to the throat.
(b) Poisoned water.
(c) Poisoned food.
(d) Stabbed in the back.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, where does a guard take Orestes when he leaves his mother's room?

4. In Chapter 2, how often are the boys allowed to use the baths?

5. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?

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. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

9. In Chapter 2, how do Leander, Orestes, and Mithros escape?

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

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