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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 and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?
(a) His father.
(b) Apollo.
(c) The Gods.
(d) King Thoas.

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) Pylades.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Orestes.

3. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?
(a) Powerful armor.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) A magic sword.
(d) The statue of Artemis.

4. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) A raging sea.
(b) A blue sea.
(c) A cold sea.
(d) An unfriendly sea.

5. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia order the guards to untie?
(a) Orestes' and Pylades' arms.
(b) Her hair.
(c) The image from the pedestal.
(d) The ropes binding the swords.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?

2. In the beginning of Part 3, who tells Iphigenia that they need no tears from her?

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

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

5. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

(see the answer key)

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