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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 is speaking with Orestes outside the temple, she mentions a particular name that is in the world's mouth. What name is that?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Athens.
(c) Troy.
(d) Helen.

2. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Helen.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Athens.
(d) Aulis.

3. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) Inside the temple.
(b) To the seashore.
(c) To the field with the cattle.
(d) To her bedroom.

4. In Part 5, why does Iphigenia ask the guards to wrap the young strangers' cloaks over their heads?
(a) So the Gods will only know their identity.
(b) So people cannot see them.
(c) To show reverance for the sun's pure light.
(d) To protect the citizens from harm.

5. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?
(a) The holy water in the temple.
(b) Her own tears.
(c) The sea.
(d) Fire from the holy temple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?

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

4. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

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

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