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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?
(a) Guards.
(b) Guards and temple attendants.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) The Chorus.

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

3. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?
(a) The purple east.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Hellas.

4. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?
(a) He came after the herdsman.
(b) He started stabbing the cattle.
(c) He stabbed the ground.
(d) He threw it out into the sea.

5. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?
(a) Killed a soldier.
(b) Escaped from prison.
(c) Killed one of his people.
(d) Hidden from their king.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?

2. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking with King Thoas about the image moving, she tells him that something else happened as well as the movement. What else does Iphigenia say happened with the image?

4. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

5. After Iphigenia finishes talking about her dream, where does she go?

(see the answer key)

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