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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3 when Theodotus, Mitros, and other men come to speak with Clytemnestra, how many men will she see at a time?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. In Chapter 2 when water is found in a house with a man and a woman, how much is Orestes given?
(a) 2 cups.
(b) All he can drink.
(c) 1 cups.
(d) About 1/2 a cup.

3. In Chapter 2 when the boys are at the house of the man with goats, how close is the next nearest house?
(a) A half a day's walk.
(b) 3 day's walk.
(c) 2 day's walk.
(d) A day's walk.

4. In Chapter 4, who does Orestes realize orders the killing of Leander's family?
(a) Dinos.
(b) Aegisthus.
(c) Clytemnestra.
(d) Electra.

5. In Chapter 3, where does Electra go to hear news?
(a) Dining room.
(b) Corner of her mother's room.
(c) Hall outside her mother's room.
(d) Courtyard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the plans to honor Dinos when he arrives at the palace in Chapter 3?

2. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember hearing at nightfall when she and her sister would meet in a deserted place?

3. In Chapter 4, who are the only people that Clytemnestra says that she trusts?

4. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?

5. How does Electra want Orestes to kill their mother in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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