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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what replaces truth and knowledge?
(a) Being perplexed and bewildered.
(b) Being unmoored and lost.
(c) Being lost and scared.
(d) Being unstable and unanchored.

2. In Chapter 5, what feelings does Clytemnestra say that she felt before coming to the place where she is now?
(a) Frustration and anger.
(b) Sadness and devastation.
(c) Happiness and peace.
(d) Sorrow and rage.

3. In Chapter 3, where does Electra say that two of Aegisthus' friends took her on the day her father returned from war?
(a) Her room.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) Iphigenia's room.
(d) Dungeons.

4. What did the old woman whisper in Chapter 2 before she died?
(a) A story.
(b) A poem.
(c) Names.
(d) A song.

5. In Chatper 2 in the story Mithros told, how long did swans fly?
(a) 900 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 120 years.
(d) 300 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makeup did Iphigenia and Clytemnestra wear in Chapter 1 when it was time for the sacrifice?

2. After Clytemnestra will not see Theodotus and Mitros in Chapter 3, how many men do they gather to stand with them?

3. In Chapter 4, who does Orestes realize orders the killing of Leander's family?

4. In Chapter 2 when the boys are at the house of the man with goats, how close is the next nearest house?

5. In Chapter 2, how many guards lead Orestes away from the palace?

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