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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Calchas.
(d) Orestes.

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

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

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

7. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Thoas.

8. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Electra.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Helen.

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

10. Who does Iphigenia think her dream is about in Part 1?
(a) Her father.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Electra.
(d) Zeus.

11. 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 Pylades deliver the letter and Orestes stay to be sacrificed.
(b) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.
(c) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.
(d) That he and Pylades both deliver the letter.

12. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?
(a) He was cleaning his clothing.
(b) He was washing his cattle.
(c) He was watching for ships.
(d) He was taking a bath.

13. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?
(a) Servant.
(b) Attendant.
(c) Priestess.
(d) Guard.

14. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Guards.
(c) Temple attendants.
(d) Thoas.

15. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?
(a) Temple attendants.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) The guards.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?

3. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?

4. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?

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