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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Argos.
(c) Troy.
(d) The underworld.

2. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?
(a) Athens.
(b) Troy.
(c) Hellas.
(d) Aulis.

3. In the beginning of Part 3, who tells Iphigenia that they need no tears from her?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Artemis.

4. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

5. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Aulis.
(b) Athens.
(c) Helen.
(d) Taurus.

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

7. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) Inside the temple.
(b) To the seashore.
(c) To the field with the cattle.
(d) To her bedroom.

8. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?
(a) Pylades.
(b) A herdsman.
(c) Orestes.
(d) King Thoas.

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

10. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Helen.
(d) Agamemnon.

11. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?
(a) The world of Apollo.
(b) The world of all the Gods.
(c) The world of Artemis.
(d) The world of Zeus.

12. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of rocks do they speak of?
(a) Clashing rocks.
(b) Smooth rocks.
(c) Purple rocks.
(d) Jagged rocks.

13. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?
(a) For the wing-like swiftness of his feet.
(b) For his great wisdom.
(c) For the quickness of his sword.
(d) Because of his wealth.

14. In Part 3, when Iphigenia suggests that Orestes deliver a letter to Argos, what does Orestes suggest they change about Iphigenia's plan?
(a) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.
(b) That he and Pylades both deliver the letter.
(c) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.
(d) That Pylades deliver the letter and Orestes stay to be sacrificed.

15. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A pig.
(b) A deer.
(c) A horse.
(d) A lamb.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?

2. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

3. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?

4. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?

5. 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?

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