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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking to each other, Iphigenia asks Orestes if anyone still lives in Agamemnon's house. What is Orestes' reply?
(a) That Agamemnon and Electra are still alive.
(b) That Agamemnon is the only one alive.
(c) That no one in Agamemnon's house lives.
(d) That Agamemnon's death only left a daughter, Electra, at home.

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) The Chorus.

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

4. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) A blue sea.
(b) A raging sea.
(c) An unfriendly sea.
(d) A cold sea.

5. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he mentions something about their country's custom towards strangers. What is their country's custom towards strangers?
(a) To put them on a trail.
(b) To sacrifice them.
(c) To toss them into the sea.
(d) To have a feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Part 5, what does Iphigenia do right before the procession forms?

2. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?

3. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

4. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?

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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