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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Part 5, what does Iphigenia do right before the procession forms?
(a) She calls to King Thoas.
(b) She calls out Artemis' name.
(c) She raises her arms to Zeus.
(d) She raises the image.

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

3. 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?
(a) That Artemis does not want to sacrifice these men.
(b) That the strangers are Gods.
(c) That it is unsafe to sacrifice these strangers.
(d) That the strangers are tainted sacrifices.

4. What does Orestes tell the messenger when he and the others are trying to stop Orestes and Pylades from escaping?
(a) That he is too proud to die in the land of Taurus.
(b) That he is Iphigenia's brother and he's going to take her home.
(c) That he is sealing his fate with stealing the image of Artemis.
(d) That he is seeking revenge for Apollo.

5. In Part 6, who says, "I never trust a word a woman says"?
(a) The messenger.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pylades.
(d) King Thoas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Orestes is telling Iphigenia about two people that nursed a feud, what does he tell Iphigenia that these two were fighting over?

2. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

3. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?

4. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, when Thoas asks the messenger how it is possible that Iphigenia is gone and why she is gone, what does the messenger tell him?

5. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?

(see the answer key)

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