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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Taurian King.
(b) Artemis.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The guards.

2. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas, she tells him that the holy image of Artemis shrank backward. What does she tell King Thoas this event reveals to her?
(a) That it is unsafe to sacrifice these strangers.
(b) That the strangers are Gods.
(c) That Artemis does not want to sacrifice these men.
(d) That the strangers are tainted sacrifices.

3. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia order the guards to untie?
(a) Orestes' and Pylades' arms.
(b) The ropes binding the swords.
(c) Her hair.
(d) The image from the pedestal.

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?
(a) Guard them and leave them unbound.
(b) Lead them back to the temple.
(c) Bind them and guard them.
(d) Take them back to their ship and tie them inside.

5. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?
(a) That he has visited the Gods and lives nowhere.
(b) That the king's son lives nowhere and everywhere.
(c) That he lives in the afterlife and here on earth.
(d) That he does not live.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?

2. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas of the rituals she must perform on the sacrifices, what does she tell King Thoas is needful?

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

4. What does Iphigenia tell King Thoas he must do when the men come from the temple?

5. When King Thoas learns what the young strangers have done, who does he claim would recoil from that type of action?

(see the answer key)

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