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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?
(a) Noon.
(b) In the night.
(c) At the break of dawn.
(d) Mid-morning.

2. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?
(a) Priestess.
(b) Guard.
(c) Attendant.
(d) Servant.

3. How are Apollo and Artemis related?
(a) Artemis is Apollo's sister.
(b) Artemis is Apollo's mother.
(c) Artemis is Apollo's aunt.
(d) Artemis is Apollo's grandmother.

4. Who is Iphigenia's mother?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Electra.
(d) Artemis.

5. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?

2. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?

3. Who does Iphigenia think her dream is about in Part 1?

4. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?

5. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

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