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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?
(a) Aulis.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Athens.
(d) Troy.

2. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?
(a) Helen.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Apollo.
(d) The Furies.

3. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she "sings a song of death".
(b) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".
(c) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(d) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".

4. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?
(a) The statue of Artemis.
(b) A shield from Apollo.
(c) King Thoas' armor.
(d) A dead corpse.

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?
(a) He was cleaning his clothing.
(b) He was watching for ships.
(c) He was washing his cattle.
(d) He was taking a bath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What two things does the Herdsman tell Iphigenia to get ready for the young men to be sacrificed?

3. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?

4. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?

(see the answer key)

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