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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking to each other, Iphigenia asks Orestes if anyone still lives in Agamemnon's house. What is Orestes' reply?
(a) That no one in Agamemnon's house lives.
(b) That Agamemnon and Electra are still alive.
(c) That Agamemnon is the only one alive.
(d) That Agamemnon's death only left a daughter, Electra, at home.

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

3. In Part 3, what does Iphigenia suggest will happen to Orestes' friend, Pylades, if she sets Orestes free to deliver a letter to Argos?
(a) She will hide him and then help him escape.
(b) She will set him free.
(c) She will still sacrifice Pylades.
(d) She will marry him.

4. When the guards reappear after Orestes and Iphigenia have spoken about Orestes' fate, what does Iphigenia tell the guards to do about the two young men?
(a) Lead them back to the temple.
(b) Take them back to their ship and tie them inside.
(c) Bind them and guard them.
(d) Guard them and leave them unbound.

5. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas of the rituals she must perform on the sacrifices, what does she tell King Thoas is needful?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Determination.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Pain.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?

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

3. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?

4. Who does the Herdsman consider a suitable victim and pleasing sacrifice for Artemis?

5. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?

(see the answer key)

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