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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Leda.
(b) Electra.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hellena.

3. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?
(a) Orestes' ship.
(b) The temple of Artemis.
(c) Taurus castle.
(d) Iphigenia's room.

4. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Helen.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Electra.
(d) Apollo.

5. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) A cold sea.
(b) An unfriendly sea.
(c) A raging sea.
(d) A blue sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes see that is stained with Hellene's blood?

2. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?

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

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

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