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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 arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?
(a) Servant.
(b) Priestess.
(c) Attendant.
(d) Guard.

2. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she "sings a song of death".
(b) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".
(c) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(d) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".

3. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother-in-law.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?
(a) The hand of Fate.
(b) Her service in the temple.
(c) Her understanding of war.
(d) Her labors in the field.

5. When Iphigenia is speaking with Orestes outside the temple, she mentions a particular name that is in the world's mouth. What name is that?
(a) Troy.
(b) Helen.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?

2. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

3. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?

4. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?

5. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?

(see the answer key)

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