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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 the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?
(a) Calchas.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Menelaus.

2. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Helen.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Athens.
(d) Aulis.

3. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Helen.

4. In Part 3, what does Iphigenia suggest will happen to Orestes' friend, Pylades, if she sets Orestes free to deliver a letter to Argos?
(a) She will hide him and then help him escape.
(b) She will still sacrifice Pylades.
(c) She will marry him.
(d) She will set him free.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?

2. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?

3. 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?

4. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?

(see the answer key)

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