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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A lamb.
(b) A pig.
(c) A horse.
(d) A deer.

4. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?
(a) The world of Zeus.
(b) The world of Artemis.
(c) The world of all the Gods.
(d) The world of Apollo.

5. In Part 4, what does Orestes tell Iphigenia is the mission that Apollo gave him?
(a) To bring the statue of Artemis to him.
(b) To take the statue of Artemis and set it up in Athens.
(c) To break the statue of Artemis on the jagged rocks of Taurus.
(d) To taint the statue of Artemis so it is no longer clean.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?

2. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?

3. In Part 5, why does King Thoas have a "strong desire" to learn about the young men?

4. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?

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

(see the answer key)

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