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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 4, where will Electra leave a weapon for Orestes?
(a) In the courtyard by a statue.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Third step of stairs to an old garden.
(d) In his food.

2. In Chapter, 5 when Clytemnestra fades and is at the end, what does she think she will know at that time?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Some of her memories.
(c) Everything.
(d) Childhood memories.

3. In Chapter 5, when someone comes near to Clytemnestra, who does she think it might be?
(a) Someone she hated.
(b) A family member.
(c) Someone she murdered.
(d) Someone she loved.

4. How does Electra want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?
(a) Suffocate her.
(b) Make her trip and hit her head.
(c) Slit her throat.
(d) Stab her.

5. In Chapter 6, where does Leander make a room for himself?
(a) Front of the palace.
(b) Near the kitchens.
(c) Back of the palace.
(d) Near the courtyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. On page 242, what breaks the silence at night?

2. On page 242, who does Clytemnestra think might see her in the palace?

3. On page 241, what is guiding Clytemnestra?

4. In Chapter 6,, who is rumored to be Leander's prisoner?

5. In Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra think might be the reason that she wanders in the spaces?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra see about her mother?

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

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

6. In Chapter 4, what guard does Orestes know from before and how does he know him?

7. In Chapter 4, what does Electra say about the gods?

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

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

10. At the end of Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra get Orestes' attention, and what happens when the guards sense her?

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