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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?
(a) His father.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) Apollo.
(d) The Gods.

3. 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) Helen.
(b) Electra.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Achilles.

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

5. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".
(b) Because she "sings a song of death".
(c) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".
(d) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".

6. 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 is in Troy.
(c) That Helen is dead.
(d) That Helen has asked for forgiveness.

7. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking to each other, Iphigenia asks Orestes if anyone still lives in Agamemnon's house. What is Orestes' reply?
(a) That Agamemnon's death only left a daughter, Electra, at home.
(b) That Agamemnon is the only one alive.
(c) That no one in Agamemnon's house lives.
(d) That Agamemnon and Electra are still alive.

8. 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 Zeus.
(c) The world of all the Gods.
(d) The world of Artemis.

9. 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 having them pray to Artemis.
(c) By reading them a sacred poem.
(d) By fire.

10. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?
(a) That he lives in the afterlife and here on earth.
(b) That the king's son lives nowhere and everywhere.
(c) That he does not live.
(d) That he has visited the Gods and lives nowhere.

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

12. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?
(a) Powerful armor.
(b) The statue of Artemis.
(c) A magic sword.
(d) Iphigenia.

13. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who is Orestes speaking of when he says, " her blood was the unjust ransom for a worthless wife"?
(a) His mother's.
(b) Helen.
(c) Electra.
(d) Iphigenia.

14. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?
(a) That she find the young men suitable for sacrificing.
(b) To find out who the strangers are.
(c) That the rites of Artemis be duly ordered.
(d) To sing a song.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

3. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?

4. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?

5. In the beginning of Part 3, who tells Iphigenia that they need no tears from her?

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