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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When Iphigenia enters the scene from the temple and is speaking with King Thoas in Part 5, what does she ask the Gods to guard them from?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Impurity.
(c) Death.
(d) Revenge.
2. In Part 6, who says, "I never trust a word a woman says"?
(a) King Thoas.
(b) The messenger.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.
3. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who claims that Phoebus' pronouncements are no help to them?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Pylades.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Iphigenia.
4. 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 Artemis does not want to sacrifice these men.
(b) That the strangers are tainted sacrifices.
(c) That it is unsafe to sacrifice these strangers.
(d) That the strangers are Gods.
5. When Orestes and Iphigenia are devising a plan to escape Taurus, what does Orestes suggest they do to the king?
(a) Assassinate him.
(b) Overthrow him.
(c) Sneak past him.
(d) Kidnap him.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose pure blood does Iphigenia say she needs to purge the taint of murder on the men?
2. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?
3. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?
4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "Stop, stranger! Take away your hands!"?
5. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, he tells her about her wedding day. Who does Orestes claim sent holy water on Iphigenia's wedding day?
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