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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?
(a) On their ship.
(b) Under some rocks.
(c) In the caves.
(d) In the temple.

2. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Love.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Justice.

3. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?
(a) She prepares the swords.
(b) She waxes the statue of Artemis.
(c) She prepares victims for sacrifice, but does not perform the actual sacrifice.
(d) She prays for all the citizens of Taurus.

4. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?
(a) Argos.
(b) Troy.
(c) The underworld.
(d) Heaven.

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?
(a) Her father's lips.
(b) Her brother's lips.
(c) Her sister's lips.
(d) Her mother's lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orestes speaks to Iphigenia about being sacrificed and what will happen, Iphigenia offers to heap what at Orestes' grave?

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

3. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?

4. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?

5. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?

(see the answer key)

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