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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orestes and Iphigenia are working out a plan to deliver the letter in Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does Orestes ask Iphigenia about, wondering if they will consent to letting Pylades go?
(a) The guards.
(b) The Taurian King.
(c) Artemis.
(d) The Chorus.

2. 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?
(a) That the strangers are tainted sacrifices.
(b) That Artemis does not want to sacrifice these men.
(c) That the strangers are Gods.
(d) That it is unsafe to sacrifice these strangers.

3. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Achilles.

4. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia who he is, he speaks of two people that nursed a feud. Who are they?
(a) Achilles and Electra.
(b) Helen and Electra.
(c) Atreus and Thyestes.
(d) Agamemnon and Menelaus.

5. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?
(a) Ares' Hill.
(b) Wonder Mountain.
(c) Athena's Hill.
(d) Golden Mountain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?

2. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?

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

4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes is telling Pylades that he must leave and go back home. Orestes tells Pylades that he must go home and perpetuate his name. How does Orestes tell Pylades to perpetuate his name?

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

(see the answer key)

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