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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Pylades' father?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Strophius.
(d) Menelaus.

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

3. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?
(a) Under some rocks.
(b) On their ship.
(c) In the caves.
(d) In the temple.

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

5. When Pylades is telling Orestes in Part 4 that he will not leave Orestes behind to be sacrificed by himself, he tells Orestes that he will give his body along with Orestes to what two things?
(a) The knife and sword.
(b) The fire and water.
(c) The sword and water.
(d) The knife and fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?

2. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?

3. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?

4. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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