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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Iphigenia promises Pylades and Orestes in Part 4 that she will send Pylades safely beyond what?
(a) The Green Hills.
(b) The Orange sun waves.
(c) The Golden horizon.
(d) The Purple Rocks.

2. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?
(a) Her brother, Orestes.
(b) Her betrothed, Achilles.
(c) Her sister, Electra.
(d) Her father, Agamemnon.

3. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?
(a) Fate.
(b) Her father's villainy.
(c) Achilles' love.
(d) Helen's treachery.

4. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?
(a) Northern.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Western.

5. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, the first person to speak asks if something is blazing. What does this person inquire about?
(a) The red sun.
(b) The temple laterns.
(c) The fires on the city gates.
(d) The strangers' bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia order the guards to untie?

2. When Iphigenia enters the scene in Part 5, what is she carrying?

3. When Orestes speaks to Iphigenia about being sacrificed and what will happen, Iphigenia offers to heap what at Orestes' grave?

4. 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?

5. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?

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