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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does a guard discover when he goes to look for food?
(a) The wells have been poisoned.
(b) The fields have been salted.
(c) Some soldiers and slaves have escaped.
(d) Bandits are in the woods.

2. At the end of Chapter 3, where does Electra think that she will see Orestes when he returns?
(a) At her father's grave.
(b) By the sea.
(c) In the old garden where she and Iphigenia used to meet.
(d) In the courtyard.

3. When Orestes is sent to the bath in Chapter 2, how many other boys are already there?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. In Chapter 1, how old was Iphigenia when she went to her father thinking she would be married?
(a) 18.
(b) 17.
(c) 15.
(d) 16.

5. In Chapter 3, where does Electra get new clothes?
(a) Aegisthus brings them to her.
(b) She hires a seamstress.
(c) From her sister's wardrobe.
(d) Her mother orders new clothes for her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what swoops down on the boys as they walk to the old woman's house?

3. In Chapter 2, when Orestes is left with the other boys, what is the only sound he hears?

4. In Chapter 3, what does Electra remember hearing at nightfall when she and her sister would meet in a deserted place?

5. What inspires Agamemnon in Chapter 1 when he comes home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Electra realize about herself and her future in Chapter 3?

2. What happened to Clytenmestra when Iphigenia was sacrificed?

3. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

4. In Chapter 1, what does Clytenmestra think that she should have done with Electra when she got home?

5. In Chapter 2, why does each boy have a slate?

6. What happens when the guards and Orestes come upon a house with a man, his wife, and four children in Chapter 2?

7. Who is Aegisthus?

8. Who was to be in charge while Clytenmestra went to Agamemnon?

9. What happened to the people who lived with the old woman?

10. What happened when Clytenmestra had Aegisthus released from the dungeon?

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