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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?
(a) She prays for all the citizens of Taurus.
(b) She waxes the statue of Artemis.
(c) She prepares the swords.
(d) She prepares victims for sacrifice, but does not perform the actual sacrifice.

2. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Strophius.

3. In the beginning of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does the Chorus address by saying, "A voyage of tears awaits you"?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) The guards.

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

5. 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 set him free.
(b) She will hide him and then help him escape.
(c) She will still sacrifice Pylades.
(d) She will marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?

2. When Orestes is telling Iphigenia about two people that nursed a feud, what does he tell Iphigenia that these two were fighting over?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas, she tells him that the holy image of Artemis shrank backward. What does she tell King Thoas this event reveals to her?

4. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

5. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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