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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 Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?
(a) King Thoas' armor.
(b) The statue of Artemis.
(c) A dead corpse.
(d) A shield from Apollo.

2. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Hypocrisy.
(b) Love.
(c) Justice.
(d) Cruelty.

3. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?
(a) Because she does not like helping with sacrifices.
(b) Because she was taken from her family.
(c) Because she thinks her brother, Orestes, is dead.
(d) Because she is scared of King Thoas.

4. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Helen.
(d) Electra.

5. In Part 3, when Iphigenia suggests that Orestes deliver a letter to Argos, what does Orestes suggest they change about Iphigenia's plan?
(a) That Pylades deliver the letter and Orestes stay to be sacrificed.
(b) That he and Pylades both deliver the letter.
(c) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.
(d) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?

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

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?

5. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

(see the answer key)

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