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

2. In Chapter 3, how many boys besides Orestes are not returned?

3. In Chapter 1, why is Iphigenia murdered?

4. In Chapter 2, how often are the boys allowed to use the baths?

5. In Chapter 2, when the boys are set upon by dogs after leaving the man with goats, where does a dog grab Leander?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was to be in charge while Clytenmestra went to Agamemnon?

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

3. In Chapter 2, why does each boy have a slate?

4. In Chapter 1, how did Clytenmestra control the elders?

5. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

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

7. Toward the end of Chapter 3, what does Electra realize might free her and how does she try to gain freedom?

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

9. Where is Orestes taken when they reach their destination in Chapter 2?

10. What happens to Mitros and his home in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Orestes is not a leader, but he can be brave and perform brave actions when required. What is demonstrated about bravery and cowardice through Orestes’ character?

Essay Topic 3

After killing his mother, Orestes seems to not have a place in the palace. Why does Orestes seem to be relegated to silence? What does the role he is relegated to signify?

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