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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. What does Electra tell Orestes when he asks the size of their army in Chapter 6?
(a) They have about 100 men.
(b) They have no army.
(c) They have about 150 men.
(d) They have about 50 men.

2. In Chapter 4, who does Clytemnestra tell Orestes killed his father?
(a) Theodotus.
(b) Mitros.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Agamemnon's men.

3. In Chapter 4, who does Orestes realize orders the killing of Leander's family?
(a) Electra.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Dinos.

4. What does Clytemnestra think she needs to do to see more in Chapter 5?
(a) Be still.
(b) Call out.
(c) Look harder.
(d) Wander.

5. In Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra think might be the reason that she wanders in the spaces?
(a) Anger.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Love.
(d) Hate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, after Orestes helps Mitros and Theodotus, where does a guard tell him to go in the night?

2. In Chapter 6 after Leander returns, where does Ianthe spend her days?

3. In Chapter 4, what time of day does Clytemnestra want Orestes to leave and meet Dinos?

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

5. In Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra think that she will fade?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, after Orestes challenges Aegisthus, what does Electra tell him?

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

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

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

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

6. As Clytemnestra walks in the corridors of the palace, what image does she see?

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

8. In Chapter 4, what does Clytemnestra say about trust?

9. How is Leander welcomed when he arrives at his family's home in Chapter 4?

10. What does the narrator say at the end of Chapter 6 about time?

(see the answer keys)

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