House of Names: A Novel Quiz

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When Chapter Three opens, Electra reminisces about the only time in which she has seen Aegisthus afraid, which was when what happened? (from Chapter Three: Electra)

News came, alerting him that Orestes and two others have escaped from the boarding house.

News came, alerting him that on their way back from the boarding house, Orestes escaped.

News came, alerting him that two of the guards beat one of the boys to death.

News came, alerting him that all the boys from the boarding house have been released.

What Mitros accuses Clytemnestra of, however, has consequences. Soon, Raisa, wife of Theodotus’ son Cobon, brings Electra to her village because of what? (from Chapter Three: Electra)

Theodotus’ house has been torn to shreds.

Aegisthus’ men crippled Cobon.

Aegisthus’ men kidnapped Mitros and made it seem as though he had never existed.

Theodotus’ house has been boarded up.

At the close of Chapter One, Clytemnestra comes to a realization that the world she has been imagining — a world where Orestes grows into a man and Electra becomes subdued and quiet — can become a reality if, and only if, “Aegisthus learned to trust me” (66). What is the event that spurs this realization? (from Chapter One: Clytemnestra)

The hanging of Agamemnon’s corpse above the palace gateway.

Orestes’ kidnapping.

Aegisthus’ threatening to harm Electra.

Electra’s imprisonment.

Each night, the old woman tells Orestes and Leander stories, one of which regarded the cause of the war that took the Achaian boats and men, as well as her sons. What did this story center on? (from Chapter Two: Orestes)

The most beautiful girl in the world, daughter to an old god disguised as a swan.

A family of four who were turned into swans by the old gods.

The man who controls the wind, Aeolus.

Her own daughter, who was taken by the Trojans when they last visited Mycenae; her daughter’s name was Leda, meaning swan.

After being forced to leave the sheep farmer’s land, Orestes and Leander walk until they arrive at the house of the Old Woman, who agrees to let them stay on what condition? (from Chapter Two: Orestes)

They tend to her farm.

They stay until she dies, or until she asks them to leave.

They help her find out what happened to her family.

They do not harm her.