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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the Herdsman consider a suitable victim and pleasing sacrifice for Artemis?
(a) Iphigenia herself.
(b) No one; he does not agree with sacrificing.
(c) The two young men that came by ship.
(d) A member of his own herdsman.

3. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?
(a) With the Gods.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Argos.
(d) Troy.

4. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Helen.

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) To her bedroom.
(b) To the field with the cattle.
(c) Inside the temple.
(d) To the seashore.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How are Apollo and Artemis related?

3. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?

4. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of rocks do they speak of?

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?

(see the answer key)

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