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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?
(a) He sails on forever on his ship.
(b) He dies.
(c) He fights a Cyclops.
(d) He prays to Artemis.

2. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Throw it into the sea.
(b) Give it to Apollo.
(c) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(d) Break it.

3. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?
(a) Her betrothed, Achilles.
(b) Her father, Agamemnon.
(c) Her brother, Orestes.
(d) Her sister, Electra.

4. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?
(a) The purple east.
(b) Athens.
(c) Hellas.
(d) Troy.

5. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?
(a) Her labors in the field.
(b) The hand of Fate.
(c) Her service in the temple.
(d) Her understanding of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?

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

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

4. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?

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

(see the answer key)

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