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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Electra.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Orestes travels with the guards in Chapter 2, what birds does he notice?
(a) Geese.
(b) Grouse.
(c) Crows.
(d) Vultures.

2. How does Clytemnestra know when Agamemnon is coming home?
(a) Runners.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Signal fires.

3. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?
(a) Seabirds.
(b) Ravens.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Vultures.

4. In Chapter 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?
(a) 2-3.
(b) 3-4.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 4-5.

5. When the man with the goats sends the boys away in Chapter 2, how long does he say that his dogs will follow them?
(a) 1/3 of a mile.
(b) 1/2 a mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) A mile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how long had Aegisthus been held hostage?

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

3. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?

4. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?

5. How long does it take the old woman to weave poison into the garment that Clytemnestra gives her?

(see the answer key)

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