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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. What color was Iphigenia's hair?

2. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?

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

4. How long after the old woman dies does Mithros die?

5. In Chapter 3, after Clytemnestra orders men to search for Orestes and the other boys, what does Electra compare her to?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember happened to her when her father returned from the war?

2. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

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

4. How did Agamemnon and Cassandra die?

5. How do the boys get the old woman to allow them to stay with her?

6. In Chapter 2, what does Orestes notice as he is traveling with the guards?

7. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

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

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

10. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus learn about the missing boys?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Clytemnestra is the one who stabs her husband, but Aegisthus is also guilty. How is Aegisthus tied to the crime? To what extent has Aegisthus influenced Clytemnestra? Why is he also guilty of the murder?

Essay Topic 2

There are several dichotomies in the novel. How are the dichotomies of light/shadow, memory/forgetfulness, motion/stillness, and speech/silence related to major themes in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Leander is a young boy when he and Orestes are kidnapped. How does Leander’s character develop? How does his character demonstrate leadership?

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