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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Paint on their cheeks.
(d) Colored ointments on their lips.

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

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

5. After men are sent to find Orestes in Chapter 3, how does Electra think her mother spends the rest of the day?
(a) Writing letters.
(b) Trying on dresses.
(c) Walking in the garden.
(d) Bathing.

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

7. 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.

8. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?
(a) Beyond the river and toward the grey mountains.
(b) In house that touches the clouds.
(c) In a village on an island in the river.
(d) Beyond the river and towards the blue mountains.

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

10. In Chapter 2, how long does Orestes go without being beaten by the guards?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 4 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 1 week.

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

12. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?
(a) Triumph.
(b) Fear.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Anger.

13. In Chapter 1, how long were the bodies to remain in the open under the sun?
(a) 1 day.
(b) A day or two.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 2-3 days.

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

15. Who was rumored to have killed Aegisthus' two half brothers and served them at a feast?
(a) Agamemnon's uncle.
(b) Clytemnestra's father-in-law.
(c) Clytemnestra's father.
(d) Agamemnon's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how many children do a man and a woman have when Orestes and the guards find them and take water?

2. In Chapter 2 after the boys leave the man with goats, what does Orestes see at dawn?

3. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?

4. How does Electra's mother react when Electra arrives for Dinos' feast in Chapter 3?

5. In what direction do Leander, Mithros, and Orestes travel when they escape?

(see the answer keys)

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