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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing Iphigenia requests of King Thoas when beginning with the purification ritual after she finishes explaining the need for the ritual?
(a) That the strangers get a chance to speak.
(b) That the strangers do not know where they are.
(c) That the strangers remain unbound.
(d) That the strangers' arms be bound with cords.

2. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "Stop, stranger! Take away your hands!"?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Orestes.

3. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she "sings a song of death".
(b) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(c) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".
(d) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".

4. In Part 3, when Iphigenia suggests that Orestes deliver a letter to Argos, what does Orestes suggest they change about Iphigenia's plan?
(a) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.
(b) That Pylades deliver the letter and Orestes stay to be sacrificed.
(c) That he and Pylades both deliver the letter.
(d) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is telling King Thoas what must be done for purification of the sacrifices, he tells her that what two things are very proper?

2. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?

3. How are Apollo and Artemis related?

4. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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