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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Temple attendants.
(d) Guards.

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

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

4. 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) King Thoas.
(b) Apollo.
(c) The Gods.
(d) His father.

5. Who is the king of the Taurian country?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Thoas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?

2. In Part 3, when Iphigenia tells Orestes that he is the visitor she has longed for, what does Orestes tell Iphigenia to hug?

3. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?

4. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?

5. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

(see the answer key)

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