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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?
(a) Southern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Northern.

2. 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.

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

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

5. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia offers to spare Orestes' life if he will do what?
(a) Tell her who he really is.
(b) If he will offer Pylades' life in return.
(c) Deliver a letter to Argos.
(d) If he will pray to Artemis for her release.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?

2. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?

3. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "sometimes, somehow, extraordinary misfortune seems to take, by pure chance, some extraordinary turn"?

4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who claims that Phoebus' pronouncements are no help to them?

5. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

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