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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) Orestes.
(b) Calchas.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Menelaus.

2. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Helen.

3. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?
(a) Priestess.
(b) Sister.
(c) Woman.
(d) Lady.

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 set him free.
(c) She will marry him.
(d) She will still sacrifice Pylades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?

2. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?

3. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia order the guards to untie?

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?

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

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