House of Names: A Novel Quiz

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In order to reach Troy, it is revealed that the old gods have asked Agamemnon to do what? (from Chapter One: Clytemnestra)

Perform a cleansing ritual with his wife and children.

Sacrifice ten heifers.

Sanctify a marriage.

Sacrifice Iphigenia.

When Orestes and Leander decide to escape the boarding house together, they plan to what? (from Chapter Two: Orestes)

Wait until Mitros has a particularly bad coughing fit at night, and then escape when the guard enters the dormitory.

Cause a scene at dinnertime, and escape in the aftermath.

Hide in a closet in the hallway, and ambush the guard when he is least expecting it.

Cry for help.

The novel ends following Orestes’ encounter with his mother’s ghost, who tells him what? (from Chapter Six: Orestes)

She has been reunited with Iphigenea and Agamemnon.

She is in pain.

She is alone and has no one.

She is going to haunt him for the rest of his days.

In Chapter Two, the narrative shifts to focalize on Orestes, who is lured away from Mycenae on the premise of what? (from Chapter Two: Orestes)

The guards he wishes to sword fight with are practicing outside of palace grounds.

His father’s feast is being held outside of palace grounds.

He must visit his sister, Iphigenia’s grave, prior to greeting his father.

He must fetch his sister, Electra, from Iphigenia’s grave, so that the two can greet their father together.

In order to achieve her revenge, Clytemnestra employs the help of Aegisthus to complete three stages of a plot. These stages are what (in order)? (from Chapter One: Clytemnestra)

Dispatch of Agamemnon’s four guards; kidnap the sons of the elders; find the poison weaver and orchestrate the murder.

Dispatch of Agamemnon’s four guards; find the poison weaver and orchestrate the murder; kidnap the sons of the elders.

Kidnap the sons of the elders; dispatch of Agamemnon’s four guards; find the poison weaver and orchestrate the murder.

Kidnap the sons of the elders; find the poison weaver and orchestrate the murder; dispatch of Agamemnon’s four guards.