House of Names: A Novel Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

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 help her find out what happened to her family.

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

They do not harm her.

2.

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

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

She is in pain.

She has been reunited with Iphigenea and Agamemnon.

She is alone and has no one.

3.

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)

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.

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

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

4.

After returning home, Orestes inquires how his father died. In response, Clytemnestra tells him what? (from Chapter Four: Orestes)

Cassandra, his war-prize, killed him while he slept.

Some of his own soldiers killed him.

She killed him.

Aegisthus killed him.

5.

Chapter Five ends with an invocation: Clytemnestra whispers what word in the corridors of the palace, as if calling for this person’s presence? (from Chapter Five: Clytemnestra)

Aegisthus.

Orestes.

Iphigenia.

Electra.

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