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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Electra.
(d) Helen.

2. In Part 4, who asks Iphigenia to prescribe a pious oath for Pylades?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Artemis.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Orestes.

3. Who is Iphigenia's mother?
(a) Clytemnestra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Electra.

4. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?
(a) A trusted herdsman.
(b) Iphigenia, herself.
(c) Some favored guards.
(d) The Chorus.

5. What two things does the Herdsman tell Iphigenia to get ready for the young men to be sacrificed?
(a) A sword and shield.
(b) Sea-water and a sword.
(c) Wheat and barley.
(d) Barley-meal and holy-water.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?

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

3. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?

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

5. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of rocks do they speak of?

(see the answer key)

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