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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Iphigenia tell the King that the young strangers told her was prospering and alive?
(a) Her father.
(b) Electra.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Achilles.

4. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Hellena.
(c) Electra.
(d) Leda.

5. Who is Achilles' father?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Thetis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?

2. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?

3. 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?

4. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?

5. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?

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