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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Iphigenia at Aulis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Iphigenia among Taurians": Whom did Iphigenia's father tell her she was going to marry?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Pylades.

2. "Electra": When did Orestes and his friend Pylades flee from Aegisthus?
(a) Long ago.
(b) A short time ago.
(c) A few moons ago.
(d) A season ago.

3. "Hippolytus": When the scene shifts to Phaedra and her nurse, what condition is Phaedra in?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is drunk.
(d) She is ill.

4. "Andromache": What is Andromache's relationship to Neoptolemos?
(a) Slave.
(b) Wife.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Nurse.

5. "Iphigenia at Aulis": When the priest was about to slit Iphigenia's throat, what appeared in her place?
(a) A cow.
(b) A goat.
(c) A fawn.
(d) A sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Andromache": With what does Peleus threaten to beat Menelaus to death?

2. "Medea": Who begins the play "Medea" in a lament?

3. "Iphigenia at Aulis": The prophet has said that the lack of wind is the work of what goddess?

4. "The Bacchants": What is the name of the special staff that followers of Dionysus carry?

5. "Electra": What does Orestes do as his mother comes to Electra's house?

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