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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does it take the old woman to weave poison into the garment that Clytemnestra gives her?
(a) A few minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) Several hours.

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

3. In Chapter 2, what swoops down on the boys as they walk to the old woman's house?
(a) Crows.
(b) Bats.
(c) Vultures.
(d) Hawks.

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

5. In Chapter 3 after the search for Orestes is unfruitful, what does Theodotus wish to send to find the boys?
(a) 15 soldiers.
(b) A small army.
(c) A group of elders.
(d) 25 soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, after Leander's family is killed, how does Clytemnestra feel when she dines with Orestes?

2. In Chapter 4 after Leander and Orestes have been climbing, what do they find to eat?

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

4. In Chapter, 5 when Clytemnestra fades and is at the end, what does she think she will know at that time?

5. In Chapter 4, after Orestes helps Mitros and Theodotus, where does a guard tell him to go in the night?

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