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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) The underworld.
(c) Argos.
(d) Troy.

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

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

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

5. Who is Achilles' father?
(a) Thetis.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Zeus.

6. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?
(a) Artemis.
(b) The Furies.
(c) Helen.
(d) Apollo.

7. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?
(a) Troy.
(b) The purple east.
(c) Hellas.
(d) Athens.

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

9. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking of Orestes being sacrificed, Iphigenia tells Orestes that she will use what to quench his ashes?
(a) Sea water.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Rose water.
(d) The juice of grapes.

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

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

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

13. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Leda.
(b) Hellena.
(c) Electra.
(d) Artemis.

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

15. 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 Hellas is her home and that she died there when she was a child.
(d) That she has heard of Hellas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?

3. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia offers to spare Orestes' life if he will do what?

4. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?

5. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?

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