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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what do the echoes sound like?
(a) Water flowing under rock.
(b) Water running down a wall.
(c) Trickling of a stream.
(d) Waterfall.

2. In Chapter 6, what are the slaves doing that Agamemnon captured so long ago?
(a) Building irrigation canals.
(b) Fighting Leander's army.
(c) Marauding settlements and attacking houses.
(d) Clearing rocks.

3. On page 242, who does Clytemnestra think might see her in the palace?
(a) Aegisthus.
(b) Guard.
(c) Electra.
(d) Orestes.

4. In Chapter 6, what is decided to be done with the slaves Agamemnon captured so long ago?
(a) Put them in the army.
(b) Send them to a territory.
(c) Kill them.
(d) Put them back to work.

5. On page 242, what does Clytemnestra realize she is doing?
(a) She is trying to revenge something.
(b) She is trying to fix something.
(c) She is trying to break the barrier between death and life.
(d) She is looking for someone.

6. In Chapter 5, what does Clytemnestra think might be the reason that she wanders in the spaces?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Anger.

7. In Chapter 5, how does Clytemnestra think that she will fade?
(a) In a quick moment.
(b) Suddenly.
(c) Over a long period of time.
(d) Gradually.

8. In Chapter 4, when Leander and Orestes come to the house of Leander's mother's family, how long do they stay?
(a) 2 days and 2 nights.
(b) A day and night.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

9. In Chapter 4, who is the only person alive in Leander's house after Orestes helps rescue Mitros and Theodotus?
(a) Theodotus.
(b) Mitros.
(c) Ianthe.
(d) Raisa.

10. In Chapter 4, as the boys are in soft hills, what does Leander catch in a trap?
(a) Squirrel.
(b) Vole.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Cat.

11. In Chapter 6, how many men does Ianthe say attacked her when her family was slaughtered?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

12. Where are Mitros and Theodotus taken in Chapter 4?
(a) Village of Leander's mother's family.
(b) The mountains.
(c) A small house.
(d) River.

13. What comes to Clytemnestra in Chapter 5?
(a) Outlines and voices.
(b) Animals and breezes.
(c) Faints wisps of consciousness.
(d) Thoughts of people.

14. In Chapter 6, who does Ianthe tell first that she is pregnant?
(a) An elder.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Electra and Leander.
(d) Aegisthus.

15. In Chapter 4, who tells Orestes that his mother killed his father?
(a) Leander.
(b) Electra.
(c) Theodotus.
(d) Mitros.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who does Clytemnestra tell Orestes killed his father?

2. In Chapter 6, when Orestes enters Electra's room one day, who does he see her speaking with at the window?

3. In Chapter 5, when Clytemnestra sees someone in her thoughts, what is the condition of the person she sees?

4. In Chapter 6 after Leander returns, where does Ianthe spend her days?

5. What image comes to Clytemnestra on page 241?

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