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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Iphigenia's father?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?
(a) Orestes and Pylades.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Helen.

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

4. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A pig.
(b) A deer.
(c) A horse.
(d) A lamb.

5. How are Apollo and Artemis related?
(a) Artemis is Apollo's grandmother.
(b) Artemis is Apollo's aunt.
(c) Artemis is Apollo's sister.
(d) Artemis is Apollo's mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?

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

3. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?

4. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?

5. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?

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