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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas about the young strangers in Part 5, what is the reason she tells King Thoas that she recognized the "stain" on them?
(a) The holy image turned away.
(b) She saw it in their eyes.
(c) She could hear the Furies.
(d) Artemis whispered their wrongdoings to her.

2. When Iphigenia enters the scene in Part 5, what is she carrying?
(a) The cords that bind the strangers.
(b) A sword.
(c) Her letter.
(d) The image of Artemis.

3. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Iphigenia.

4. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?
(a) Athens.
(b) Hellas.
(c) The purple east.
(d) Troy.

5. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?
(a) Killed a soldier.
(b) Hidden from their king.
(c) Killed one of his people.
(d) Escaped from prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?

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

3. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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