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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of Part 5 when the single person enters the scene, who does he have with him?
(a) Nobody.
(b) Orestes and Pylades.
(c) His guards.
(d) Orestes and Iphigenia.

2. When Orestes asks Iphigenia if she actually sacrifices the victims, Iphigenia tells him that she does not, but that she purifies the victims. How does Iphigenia purify the sacrifice victims?
(a) By reading them a sacred poem.
(b) By fire.
(c) By casting water on their heads.
(d) By having them pray to Artemis.

3. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Athens.
(b) Aulis.
(c) Helen.
(d) Taurus.

4. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?
(a) That the rites of Artemis be duly ordered.
(b) That she find the young men suitable for sacrificing.
(c) To find out who the strangers are.
(d) To sing a song.

5. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) An unfriendly sea.
(b) A blue sea.
(c) A raging sea.
(d) A cold sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?

2. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?

3. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?

4. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking of Orestes being sacrificed, Iphigenia tells Orestes that she will use what to quench his ashes?

5. When Iphigenia is talking with Orestes and Pylades, who says, "events mislead and baffle us"?

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