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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(b) Throw it into the sea.
(c) Give it to Apollo.
(d) Break it.

2. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he mentions something about their country's custom towards strangers. What is their country's custom towards strangers?
(a) To sacrifice them.
(b) To toss them into the sea.
(c) To put them on a trail.
(d) To have a feast.

3. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, he tells her about her wedding day. Who does Orestes claim sent holy water on Iphigenia's wedding day?
(a) Their father.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Electra.
(d) Their mother.

4. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her love.

5. When the messenger finishes telling the Chorus about the two young men, what do they tell the messenger concerning the King?
(a) That the King is inside the temple.
(b) That the King has left the temple.
(c) That the King is at a citizen's home.
(d) That the King is mourning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?

3. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?

4. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?

5. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?

(see the answer key)

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