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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?

2. In Chapter 2, how long does Orestes go without being beaten by the guards?

3. In Chapter 2, who finds the house of the old woman where the boys are staying?

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

5. In Chapter 1, why is Iphigenia murdered?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Clytenmestra think that she should have done with Electra when she got home?

2. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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

4. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

5. In Chapter 3, where does Electra remember that she and her sister used to go if they wished to speak privately?

6. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

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

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

9. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Orestes is a young boy when the novel begins. How is Orestes’ character developed in the novel? What physical and internal journeys does he take, and how do those journeys shape the man he becomes?

Essay Topic 2

Electra plays roles when her mother is alive. What roles does Electra play? Why does she play those roles and how do they suit her objectives?

Essay Topic 3

Many characters cannot be trusted. They say one thing and mean another. Of the main characters, what can readers learn about trust? Are any of the main characters trustworthy?

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