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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 3, when a messenger comes with a message for Aegisthus' what does Electra sees in Aegisthus' eyes?

4. In Chapter 3, who sends a message and asks Electra to go to his house?

5. In Chapter 1, what family member of the old woman has been taken prisoner?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clytemnestra say that Iphigenia died?

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

3. In Chapter 3, when Electra says that she is afraid of Aegisthus, how does she describe him?

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

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

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

7. How did Agamemnon get Clytemnestra and Iphigenia to come to him?

8. Why did Agamemnon order Iphigenia to be sacrificed?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rather than kill their mother herself, Electra has Orestes kill her. How does Electra persuade Orestes to kill their mother? What are her motives for not killing their mother herself?

Essay Topic 2

Clytemnestra is the one who stabs her husband, but Aegisthus is also guilty. How is Aegisthus tied to the crime? To what extent has Aegisthus influenced Clytemnestra? Why is he also guilty of the murder?

Essay Topic 3

After killing his mother, Orestes seems to not have a place in the palace. Why does Orestes seem to be relegated to silence? What does the role he is relegated to signify?

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