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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pylades' father?
(a) Strophius.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Achilles.

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

3. While Iphigenia is questioning Orestes in Part 3, Orestes tells Iphigenia that her "informant was correct" about something. What is it?
(a) That Troy no longer stands and was destroyed in war.
(b) That Agememnon is king.
(c) That Helen was evil.
(d) That Achilles was betrothed to someone else.

4. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Helen.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Electra.

5. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, the first person to speak asks if something is blazing. What does this person inquire about?
(a) The red sun.
(b) The temple laterns.
(c) The strangers' bodies.
(d) The fires on the city gates.

Short Answer Questions

1. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?

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

3. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?

4. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?

5. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?

(see the answer key)

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