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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?
(a) Because she does not like helping with sacrifices.
(b) Because she was taken from her family.
(c) Because she thinks her brother, Orestes, is dead.
(d) Because she is scared of King Thoas.

4. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Helen.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Orestes.

5. Who is the king of the Taurian country?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Thoas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?

2. Who is Iphigenia's father?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?

4. Who is Achilles' father?

5. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?

(see the answer key)

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