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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 3, how many female servants are pregnant with Aegisthus' child or already have a baby by him?
(a) 4-5.
(b) 2-3.
(c) 1-2.
(d) 3-4.

2. In Chapter 3, who sends a message and asks Electra to go to his house?
(a) Theodotus.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Mitros.
(d) Cobon.

3. 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.

4. In Chapter 2 as Orestes and the guards begin to climb, what animals do they see?
(a) Antelope and sheep.
(b) Wolves and roe deer.
(c) Sheep and goats.
(d) Chamois and jackals.

5. In Chapter 2, when there is no food or water what does Orestes smell and then see?
(a) Dead bodies.
(b) Dead sheep.
(c) Dead cattle.
(d) Dead horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, while Clytenmestra was speaking with Achilles, who came to the tents where she was staying with Iphigenia?

2. When was Clytemnestra released from the pit in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 3, who did Aegisthus say murdered Electra's father?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is the first rule that Leander creates and how does he intend for the boys to protect themselves?

3. What does Electra come to realize about the relationship between her mother and Aegisthus and why they stay together?

4. What happens when the boys meet a man with goats in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 3, what does Theodotus learn about the missing boys?

6. In Chapter 3, where does Electra remember that she and her sister used to go if they wished to speak privately?

7. Where is Orestes taken when they reach their destination in Chapter 2?

8. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

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

10. In Chapter 3, how is Electra's room an outpost of the underworld?

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