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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Achilles' father?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Thetis.

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

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

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

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) To the seashore.
(d) Inside the temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

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

3. Whose temple was Iphigenia to work in?

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?

5. Who is Iphigenia's father?

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