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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the king of the Taurian country?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. When Pylades is telling Orestes in Part 4 that he will not leave Orestes behind to be sacrificed by himself, he tells Orestes that he will give his body along with Orestes to what two things?
(a) The fire and water.
(b) The sword and water.
(c) The knife and fire.
(d) The knife and sword.

3. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?
(a) Her sister, Electra.
(b) Her father, Agamemnon.
(c) Her brother, Orestes.
(d) Her betrothed, Achilles.

4. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A deer.
(b) A horse.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A pig.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "Stop, stranger! Take away your hands!"?

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

3. 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?

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?

5. When Orestes is telling Iphigenia about two people that nursed a feud, what does he tell Iphigenia that these two were fighting over?

(see the answer key)

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