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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. At the end of Chapter 5, what do the guards do when Clytemnestra whispers Orestes' name?
(a) Draw their swords.
(b) Check and make sure Electra and Orestes are safe.
(c) Run back and forth and check doorways and corners.
(d) Call for more guards.

2. In Chapter 6, how many guards enter the palace with Leander?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 9.

3. In Chapter 5, what remnant persists of thought for Clytemnestra?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does a guard want to know at the end of Chapter 5 when he speaks to Clytemnestra?
(a) Who she is.
(b) If she means to harm Orestes.
(c) Why she has come.
(d) Where she is going.

5. In Chapter 4, who tells Orestes that his mother killed his father?
(a) Leander.
(b) Electra.
(c) Theodotus.
(d) Mitros.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what time of day does Leander come to the palace with his army?

2. In Chapter 6, who does Orestes tell Ianthe moves in the palace corridors at night?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the guards hear in the corridor at night?

4. How does Electra want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?

5. In Chapter, 5 when Clytemnestra fades and is at the end, what does she think she will know at that time?

Short Essay Questions

1. On page 240, how does Clytemnestra describe the place where she is?

2. What does Orestes realize about the boys who were in the detention place with him in Chapter 6?

3. In Chapter 4, what is strange as Orestes and Leander's walk away from the house of the man who herded goats?

4. In Chapter 4, where do Leander's family want him to go and why?

5. What is Aegisthus' position once Leander returns?

6. How does Orestes kill his mother?

7. At the beginning of Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra say about her condition now and in the future?

8. In Chapter 4, what does Leander catch in a trap and why is it difficult to eat?

9. In Chapter 4, what does Clytemnestra tell Orestes about his being sent away?

10. In Chapter 4 when Orestes returns to the palace, what does his mother tell him about Theodotus?

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