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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) She could hear the Furies.
(b) She saw it in their eyes.
(c) Artemis whispered their wrongdoings to her.
(d) The holy image turned away.

2. When Iphigenia enters the scene from the temple, where does she ask King Thoas to stand?
(a) By the pillars.
(b) At the door.
(c) At the altar.
(d) By the image of Artemis.

3. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?
(a) Her father's villainy.
(b) Helen's treachery.
(c) Fate.
(d) Achilles' love.

4. When Iphigenia is having the conversation with Orestes and Pylades outside the temple, she asks Orestes where Helen is. What does Orestes tell Iphigenia?
(a) That Helen is back in Sparta with her first husband.
(b) That Helen is dead.
(c) That Helen has asked for forgiveness.
(d) That Helen is in Troy.

5. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?

2. When Iphigenia enters the scene in Part 5, what is she carrying?

3. 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?

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

5. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?

(see the answer key)

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