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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 having them pray to Artemis.
(b) By casting water on their heads.
(c) By fire.
(d) By reading them a sacred poem.

4. Who is Iphigenia's father?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

5. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?
(a) Helen.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Apollo.

6. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Pylades.

7. Whose temple was Iphigenia to work in?
(a) Athena's.
(b) Helen's.
(c) Artemis'.
(d) Hippodamia's.

8. While Iphigenia is questioning Orestes in Part 3, Orestes tells Iphigenia that her "informant was correct" about something. What is it?
(a) That Helen was evil.
(b) That Agememnon is king.
(c) That Achilles was betrothed to someone else.
(d) That Troy no longer stands and was destroyed in war.

9. When Iphigenia starts asking Orestes many questions in Part 3, Orestes finally asks her why she is so interested in Hellas. What is Iphigenia's reply to Orestes' question?
(a) That she knows someone from Hellas.
(b) That Hellas was a place she dreamt about.
(c) That she has heard of Hellas.
(d) That Hellas is her home and that she died there when she was a child.

10. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Thoas.
(d) Orestes.

11. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?
(a) Her understanding of war.
(b) Her service in the temple.
(c) Her labors in the field.
(d) The hand of Fate.

12. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?
(a) Hellas.
(b) With the Gods.
(c) Argos.
(d) Troy.

13. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?
(a) In the temple.
(b) In the caves.
(c) Under some rocks.
(d) On their ship.

14. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?
(a) Orestes and Pylades.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Helen.
(d) King Thoas.

15. 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 in Troy.
(b) That Helen has asked for forgiveness.
(c) That Helen is back in Sparta with her first husband.
(d) That Helen is dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Iphigenia's mother?

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

3. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

4. What two things does the Herdsman tell Iphigenia to get ready for the young men to be sacrificed?

5. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?

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