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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are Apollo and Artemis related?
(a) Artemis is Apollo's sister.
(b) Artemis is Apollo's aunt.
(c) Artemis is Apollo's mother.
(d) Artemis is Apollo's grandmother.

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

4. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) To the field with the cattle.
(b) To her bedroom.
(c) To the seashore.
(d) Inside the temple.

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

6. 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) No one; he does not agree with sacrificing.
(d) A member of his own herdsman.

7. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?
(a) Because she was taken from her family.
(b) Because she is scared of King Thoas.
(c) Because she does not like helping with sacrifices.
(d) Because she thinks her brother, Orestes, is dead.

8. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?
(a) Her family.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her love.
(d) Her sister.

9. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?
(a) Run away.
(b) Steal some horses.
(c) Hide.
(d) Kill someone.

10. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?
(a) Evil.
(b) Kind.
(c) Loving.
(d) Heartless.

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

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

13. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Love.
(c) Hypocrisy.
(d) Cruelty.

14. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he mentions something about their country's custom towards strangers. What is their country's custom towards strangers?
(a) To sacrifice them.
(b) To have a feast.
(c) To toss them into the sea.
(d) To put them on a trail.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

4. When Iphigenia is speaking with Orestes outside the temple, she mentions a particular name that is in the world's mouth. What name is that?

5. Who is Iphigenia's father?

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