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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the plans to honor Dinos when he arrives at the palace in Chapter 3?
(a) A bride and a feast.
(b) A play and a feast.
(c) Many gifts and a feast.
(d) A spectacle in the streets and then a feast.

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

3. In Chapter 1, why is Iphigenia murdered?
(a) She tried to take the throne.
(b) Punish her for thievery.
(c) Success for the army.
(d) She tried to murder her father.

4. Who does Electra consult with in Chapter 3 before she attends Dinos' feast?
(a) An old friend.
(b) Spirits of her sister and father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Raisa.

5. In Chapter 1, how long had Agamemnon been gone?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, where does Clytemnestra put the old woman when she brings her to her place?

2. What did the soldiers want to do to Achilles in Chapter 1, when he asked that Iphigenia not be killed?

3. In Chapter 2, how long does Orestes go without being beaten by the guards?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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