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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Chorus sees the two young men being led to the temple, who do they speak a brief prayer to?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Athena.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Zeus.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

3. In Part 5, why does King Thoas have a "strong desire" to learn about the young men?
(a) Because they are strange to him.
(b) Because he recognizes them.
(c) Because Iphigenia tells him they are foul with kindred blood.
(d) Because he always wants to know who is being sacrificed at all times.

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

5. Who is the king of the Taurian country?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, why does Iphigenia ask the guards to wrap the young strangers' cloaks over their heads?

2. What name does Orestes tell Iphigenia would name him justly when he is talking with her outside the temple?

3. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?

4. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas of the rituals she must perform on the sacrifices, what does she tell King Thoas is needful?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas, she tells him that the holy image of Artemis shrank backward. What does she tell King Thoas this event reveals to her?

(see the answer key)

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