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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?
(a) A herdsman.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

2. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?
(a) Sheep of Hellas.
(b) Pigs of Hellas.
(c) Horses of Hellas.
(d) Servants of Hellas.

3. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?
(a) For the quickness of his sword.
(b) For the wing-like swiftness of his feet.
(c) For his great wisdom.
(d) Because of his wealth.

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

5. Who is Iphigenia's father?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Thoas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

2. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?

3. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?

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

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

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