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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orestes and Iphigenia are devising a plan to escape Taurus, what does Orestes suggest they do to the king?
(a) Sneak past him.
(b) Overthrow him.
(c) Assassinate him.
(d) Kidnap him.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are working out a plan to deliver the letter in Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does Orestes ask Iphigenia about, wondering if they will consent to letting Pylades go?
(a) The guards.
(b) The Taurian King.
(c) Artemis.
(d) The Chorus.

3. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?
(a) The world of Apollo.
(b) The world of all the Gods.
(c) The world of Zeus.
(d) The world of Artemis.

4. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?
(a) Orestes and Pylades.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Guards.
(d) The herdsman.

5. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A horse.
(b) A deer.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?

2. What name does Orestes tell Iphigenia would name him justly when he is talking with her outside the temple?

3. When Pylades is telling Orestes in Part 4 that he will not leave Orestes behind to be sacrificed by himself, he tells Orestes that he will give his body along with Orestes to what two things?

4. Who does the Herdsman consider a suitable victim and pleasing sacrifice for Artemis?

5. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?

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