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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?
(a) Her father's lips.
(b) Her brother's lips.
(c) Her mother's lips.
(d) Her sister's lips.

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?
(a) The world of Zeus.
(b) The world of all the Gods.
(c) The world of Apollo.
(d) The world of Artemis.

3. Whose pure blood does Iphigenia say she needs to purge the taint of murder on the men?
(a) A young calf.
(b) A pure white dove.
(c) Two young lambs.
(d) Three chickens.

4. What is the first thing Iphigenia requests of King Thoas when beginning with the purification ritual after she finishes explaining the need for the ritual?
(a) That the strangers do not know where they are.
(b) That the strangers get a chance to speak.
(c) That the strangers remain unbound.
(d) That the strangers' arms be bound with cords.

5. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?
(a) Hellas.
(b) Helen.
(c) Her father.
(d) Troy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

2. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?

3. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?

4. What two things does the Herdsman tell Iphigenia to get ready for the young men to be sacrificed?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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