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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many prisoners did Clytemnestra release in addition to Aegisthus?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

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

3. In Chapter 3, who does Electra say are her companions?
(a) Several daughters of elders.
(b) Her father and sister.
(c) A couple servant girls.
(d) Children in the palace.

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

5. In Chapter 3, when there is a revolt, who defeats the marauding forces?
(a) Dinos.
(b) Balios.
(c) Adonis.
(d) Esdras.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orestes is sent to the bath in Chapter 2, how many other boys are already there?

2. In Chapter 3, who comes to the palace the morning after most of the boys are returned home?

3. What does Aegisthus threaten to do to Electra after she learns her mother killed her father?

4. In Chapter 1, what did Clytemnestra want the old woman to weave poison into?

5. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?

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