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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?
(a) Friend, ship, family, and country.
(b) Country, child, farm, and fortune.
(c) Husband, child, city, and friend.
(d) Brother, friend, country, and horse.

3. What name does Orestes tell Iphigenia would name him justly when he is talking with her outside the temple?
(a) The Sad.
(b) The Unfortunate.
(c) The Brave.
(d) The Willing.

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

5. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?
(a) Fate.
(b) Achilles' love.
(c) Helen's treachery.
(d) Her father's villainy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. When Orestes speaks to Iphigenia about being sacrificed and what will happen, Iphigenia offers to heap what at Orestes' grave?

5. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?

(see the answer key)

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