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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6 after Leander returns, where does Ianthe spend her days?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) The busiest room.
(c) Electra's room.
(d) The garden.

2. What makeup did Iphigenia and Clytemnestra wear in Chapter 1 when it was time for the sacrifice?
(a) White ointment and black lines for their eyes.
(b) Colors around their eyes.
(c) Colored ointments on their lips.
(d) Paint on their cheeks.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 6, who is the father of Ianthe's child?
(a) Rapist.
(b) A soldier.
(c) Aegisthus.
(d) Orestes.

5. In Chapter 4, what guard supports Leander after Orestes returns to the palace?
(a) A guard named Detros.
(b) A guard Orestes played with when they were children.
(c) A guard named Alastor.
(d) A guard who used to sword fight with Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. On page 241, what is guiding Clytemnestra?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Leander tell Orestes that the guards hear in the corridor at night?

5. How long after the old woman dies does Mithros die?

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