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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?
(a) A magic sword.
(b) Powerful armor.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) The statue of Artemis.

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) To the seashore.
(b) Inside the temple.
(c) To the field with the cattle.
(d) To her bedroom.

3. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Hellena.
(b) Electra.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Leda.

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

5. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?
(a) He started stabbing the cattle.
(b) He threw it out into the sea.
(c) He stabbed the ground.
(d) He came after the herdsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?

3. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?

4. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?

5. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

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