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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Iphigenia finishes talking about her dream, where does she go?
(a) Down to the shore.
(b) Into the temple.
(c) Into a field.
(d) To speak with the Chorus.

2. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?
(a) The statue of Artemis.
(b) Powerful armor.
(c) A magic sword.
(d) Iphigenia.

3. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

4. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?
(a) A dead corpse.
(b) A shield from Apollo.
(c) The statue of Artemis.
(d) King Thoas' armor.

5. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(b) Throw it into the sea.
(c) Break it.
(d) Give it to Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?

2. Who is Iphigenia's father?

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

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

5. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?

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