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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Calchas.

2. At the end of Part 5, what does Iphigenia do right before the procession forms?
(a) She calls out Artemis' name.
(b) She raises the image.
(c) She raises her arms to Zeus.
(d) She calls to King Thoas.

3. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Break it.
(b) Give it to Apollo.
(c) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(d) Throw it into the sea.

4. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?
(a) Run away.
(b) Steal some horses.
(c) Kill someone.
(d) Hide.

5. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(b) Because she "sings a song of death".
(c) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".
(d) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?

3. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

4. When the guards reappear after Orestes and Iphigenia have spoken about Orestes' fate, what does Iphigenia tell the guards to do about the two young men?

5. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?

(see the answer key)

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