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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?
(a) Dead sheep.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Dead horses.
(d) Dead cattle.

2. In Chapter 2 when the old woman dies, how long have the boys lived with her?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 3 years.

3. In Chapter 1, what would people be to the gods?
(a) Bees.
(b) Sound of wind in the trees.
(c) Ants.
(d) Sound of running water.

4. How much older was Iphigenia than Electra?
(a) 10 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 18 months.

5. At the end of Chapter 1, who does Clytemnestra see at the end of her bed watching her?
(a) Electra.
(b) Old woman.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Young girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, where do the guards and Orestes find water after they leave a man dead near a cottage?

2. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?

3. In Chapter 1, what did Agamemnon plan to kill before killing Iphigenia?

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

5. In Chapter 2, when Orestes is left with the other boys, what is the only sound he hears?

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