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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her love.
(d) Her sister.

3. Who is Iphigenia's father?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Menelaus.

4. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?
(a) At the break of dawn.
(b) Noon.
(c) Mid-morning.
(d) In the night.

5. While Iphigenia is questioning Orestes in Part 3, Orestes tells Iphigenia that her "informant was correct" about something. What is it?
(a) That Troy no longer stands and was destroyed in war.
(b) That Achilles was betrothed to someone else.
(c) That Agememnon is king.
(d) That Helen was evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?

2. Who is Achilles' father?

3. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?

4. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?

5. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?

(see the answer key)

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