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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, who does she claim is extinct?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her love.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her family.

2. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?
(a) The statue of Artemis.
(b) King Thoas' armor.
(c) A dead corpse.
(d) A shield from Apollo.

3. 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) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Achilles.

4. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?
(a) Priestess.
(b) Woman.
(c) Sister.
(d) Lady.

5. When Iphigenia is having the conversation with Orestes and Pylades outside the temple, she asks Orestes where Helen is. What does Orestes tell Iphigenia?
(a) That Helen is back in Sparta with her first husband.
(b) That Helen has asked for forgiveness.
(c) That Helen is in Troy.
(d) That Helen is dead.

6. After Iphigenia finishes talking about her dream, where does she go?
(a) Into a field.
(b) Into the temple.
(c) To speak with the Chorus.
(d) Down to the shore.

7. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?
(a) He prays to Artemis.
(b) He dies.
(c) He sails on forever on his ship.
(d) He fights a Cyclops.

8. Who does the Herdsman consider a suitable victim and pleasing sacrifice for Artemis?
(a) The two young men that came by ship.
(b) Iphigenia herself.
(c) A member of his own herdsman.
(d) No one; he does not agree with sacrificing.

9. In Part 3, what does Iphigenia suggest will happen to Orestes' friend, Pylades, if she sets Orestes free to deliver a letter to Argos?
(a) She will hide him and then help him escape.
(b) She will marry him.
(c) She will set him free.
(d) She will still sacrifice Pylades.

10. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?
(a) Guards.
(b) The herdsman.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Orestes and Pylades.

11. What does Iphigenia actually do inside the temple?
(a) She prays for all the citizens of Taurus.
(b) She prepares the swords.
(c) She prepares victims for sacrifice, but does not perform the actual sacrifice.
(d) She waxes the statue of Artemis.

12. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?
(a) The temple of Artemis.
(b) Taurus castle.
(c) Iphigenia's room.
(d) Orestes' ship.

13. When Orestes asks Iphigenia if she actually sacrifices the victims, Iphigenia tells him that she does not, but that she purifies the victims. How does Iphigenia purify the sacrifice victims?
(a) By casting water on their heads.
(b) By fire.
(c) By having them pray to Artemis.
(d) By reading them a sacred poem.

14. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?
(a) Pigs of Hellas.
(b) Horses of Hellas.
(c) Sheep of Hellas.
(d) Servants of Hellas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?

2. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

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

4. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?

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

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