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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia is talking with Orestes and Pylades, who says, "events mislead and baffle us"?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Iphigenia.

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

3. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?
(a) That they are brothers in love, but not blood.
(b) That they are just friends.
(c) That they are comrades.
(d) That they are twin brothers.

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

5. What two things does the Herdsman tell Iphigenia to get ready for the young men to be sacrificed?
(a) Wheat and barley.
(b) A sword and shield.
(c) Sea-water and a sword.
(d) Barley-meal and holy-water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?

3. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?

4. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?

(see the answer key)

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