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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?
(a) Her brother's lips.
(b) Her father's lips.
(c) Her mother's lips.
(d) Her sister's lips.

3. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?
(a) Her father, Agamemnon.
(b) Her brother, Orestes.
(c) Her betrothed, Achilles.
(d) Her sister, Electra.

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

5. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Pylades.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Iphigenia think her dream is about in Part 1?

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

4. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?

5. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?

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