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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 6, the Chorus mentions a dragon in the hymn they sing. What color eyes do they mention the dragon has?
(a) Emerald-green.
(b) Wine-red.
(c) Ocean-blue.
(d) Sea foam-white.

2. After the Chorus finishes their hymn in the beginning of Part 6, who enters the scene?
(a) A messenger.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Apollo.

3. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?
(a) Because he doesn't know what to say.
(b) So he can hear the truth.
(c) So Orestes can ask questions.
(d) He can't, because he is so dumbfounded by her story.

4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes is telling Pylades that he must leave and go back home. Orestes tells Pylades that he must go home and perpetuate his name. How does Orestes tell Pylades to perpetuate his name?
(a) To build an image of him.
(b) To go home to his wife and bear children.
(c) To proclaim his name and his mission to all the inhabitants of Hellas.
(d) To tell everyone about him.

5. Besides the young strangers, what else does Iphigenia tell King Thoas she must purify?
(a) Their ship.
(b) The image of Artemis.
(c) Herself.
(d) The king.

6. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?
(a) Hellas.
(b) Helen.
(c) Troy.
(d) Her father.

7. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?
(a) Fire from the holy temple.
(b) The holy water in the temple.
(c) Her own tears.
(d) The sea.

8. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Iphigenia, herself.
(c) Some favored guards.
(d) A trusted herdsman.

9. In Part 5, why does King Thoas have a "strong desire" to learn about the young men?
(a) Because Iphigenia tells him they are foul with kindred blood.
(b) Because he always wants to know who is being sacrificed at all times.
(c) Because he recognizes them.
(d) Because they are strange to him.

10. In the beginning of Part 6, the Chorus tells of Apollo and his skill at what?
(a) The harp.
(b) The lyre.
(c) The sword.
(d) The guitar.

11. At the end of Part 5, what does Iphigenia do right before the procession forms?
(a) She calls to King Thoas.
(b) She raises the image.
(c) She calls out Artemis' name.
(d) She raises her arms to Zeus.

12. When Iphigenia tells the King that the young strangers were trying to win her heart, who does she claim the strangers told her about?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Electra.
(d) Her father.

13. When Orestes is telling Iphigenia about two people that nursed a feud, what does he tell Iphigenia that these two were fighting over?
(a) A heavenly sword.
(b) A golden lamb.
(c) A woman.
(d) A family image.

14. In Part 4, what does Orestes tell Iphigenia is the mission that Apollo gave him?
(a) To taint the statue of Artemis so it is no longer clean.
(b) To break the statue of Artemis on the jagged rocks of Taurus.
(c) To bring the statue of Artemis to him.
(d) To take the statue of Artemis and set it up in Athens.

15. In Part 4, who asks Iphigenia to prescribe a pious oath for Pylades?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Orestes.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?

2. When Orestes is speaking of appearing in court for killing his mother, who does he say raised a hand for his acquittal?

3. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia who he is, he speaks of two people that nursed a feud. Who are they?

4. In the opening of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "this is no cause for joy, when death parts friend from friend"?

5. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas of the rituals she must perform on the sacrifices, what does she tell King Thoas is needful?

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