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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 asks Iphigenia if she actually sacrifices the victims, Iphigenia tells him that she does not, but that she purifies the victims. How does Iphigenia purify the sacrifice victims?
(a) By reading them a sacred poem.
(b) By having them pray to Artemis.
(c) By fire.
(d) By casting water on their heads.

2. When Iphigenia is telling King Thoas what must be done for purification of the sacrifices, he tells her that what two things are very proper?
(a) Her carefulness and swiftness.
(b) Her love and purity.
(c) Her loyalty and concern.
(d) Her care and piety.

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

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

5. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?
(a) So he can hear the truth.
(b) So Orestes can ask questions.
(c) He can't, because he is so dumbfounded by her story.
(d) Because he doesn't know what to say.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?

2. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

3. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?

4. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?

5. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?

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