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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 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.

2. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Love.
(d) Justice.

3. 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 dead.
(b) That Helen is in Troy.
(c) That Helen has asked for forgiveness.
(d) That Helen is back in Sparta with her first husband.

4. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia order the guards to untie?
(a) Orestes' and Pylades' arms.
(b) The ropes binding the swords.
(c) The image from the pedestal.
(d) Her hair.

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) Achilles.
(b) Electra.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?

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

4. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?

5. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?

(see the answer key)

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