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

2. When Iphigenia speaks of the statue of Artemis, she tells Orestes in Part 4 that only one person is allowed to touch it. Who is that person?
(a) One member of The Chorus.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) One of the temple attendants.

3. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Break it.
(b) Give it to Apollo.
(c) Throw it into the sea.
(d) Take it back and give it to Athens.

4. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) A cold sea.
(b) A blue sea.
(c) An unfriendly sea.
(d) A raging sea.

5. When Orestes and Iphigenia are working out a plan to deliver the letter in Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does Orestes ask Iphigenia about, wondering if they will consent to letting Pylades go?
(a) The Taurian King.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Artemis.
(d) The guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?

2. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

3. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

4. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?

5. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?

(see the answer key)

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