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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?
(a) For his great wisdom.
(b) For the quickness of his sword.
(c) Because of his wealth.
(d) For the wing-like swiftness of his feet.

2. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-morning.
(c) At the break of dawn.
(d) In the night.

3. What does Orestes see that is stained with Hellene's blood?
(a) The swords on the ground.
(b) The altar.
(c) The rocks in the field of cattle.
(d) The image in the temple.

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

5. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?
(a) A herdsman.
(b) Pylades.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) Orestes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?

2. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?

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?

5. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

(see the answer key)

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