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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Strophius.
(d) Agamemnon.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

3. When Orestes is speaking of appearing in court for killing his mother, who does he say raised a hand for his acquittal?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athena.
(c) The Furies.
(d) Zeus.

4. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Argos.
(c) Troy.
(d) The underworld.

5. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?
(a) Hidden from their king.
(b) Killed one of his people.
(c) Escaped from prison.
(d) Killed a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?

3. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who is Orestes speaking of when he says, " her blood was the unjust ransom for a worthless wife"?

4. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?

5. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?

(see the answer key)

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