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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When Orestes is telling Pylades to go back home, what does he ask Pylades to do for him?
(a) To build a tomb.
(b) To remember him.
(c) To build a home.
(d) To kiss his wife goodbye.

5. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?
(a) He threw it out into the sea.
(b) He came after the herdsman.
(c) He stabbed the ground.
(d) He started stabbing the cattle.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Orestes speaks to Iphigenia about being sacrificed and what will happen, Iphigenia offers to heap what at Orestes' grave?

4. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?

5. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?

(see the answer key)

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