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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Leda.
(c) Electra.
(d) Hellena.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

3. Who does Iphigenia think her dream is about in Part 1?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Electra.
(d) Her father.

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

5. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Thoas.
(d) Iphigenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?

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

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

4. 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?

5. Who is Achilles' father?

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