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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "sometimes, somehow, extraordinary misfortune seems to take, by pure chance, some extraordinary turn"?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Pylades.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Iphigenia.

2. In the opening of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "this is no cause for joy, when death parts friend from friend"?
(a) Orestes.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Iphigenia.

3. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Thoas.

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

5. When the Chorus sees the two young men being led to the temple, who do they speak a brief prayer to?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?

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

3. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking to each other, Iphigenia asks Orestes if anyone still lives in Agamemnon's house. What is Orestes' reply?

4. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?

5. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?

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