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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the messenger is telling King Thoas about the escape of the prisoners, what does he tell the King that Iphigenia did to make them think she was busy with the ceremony?
(a) She burned a haystack.
(b) She splashed loudly in the sea.
(c) She chanted hymns.
(d) She gave a piercing cry.

2. Who is Pylades' father?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Strophius.

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

4. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, what does he tell her is hidden in her own room in their father's palace?
(a) The old spear that Pelops hurled.
(b) Her favorite book about the family throne.
(c) A piece of her hair.
(d) Her dressing gown that she used to wear.

5. When the messenger is describing the escape of the prisoners and Iphigenia, he tells the King that something was at Iphigenia's feet that made her shrink away. What was it that made Iphigenia shrink away?
(a) An arrow from an archer had landed at her feet.
(b) A serpent in the brush.
(c) The foam from the waves.
(d) The image of Artemis was on the ground before her.

6. When the messenger finishes telling the Chorus about the two young men, what do they tell the messenger concerning the King?
(a) That the King is at a citizen's home.
(b) That the King is inside the temple.
(c) That the King is mourning.
(d) That the King has left the temple.

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

8. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia who he is, he speaks of two people that nursed a feud. Who are they?
(a) Achilles and Electra.
(b) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(c) Atreus and Thyestes.
(d) Helen and Electra.

9. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas about the holy image moving on the pedestal, King Thoas explains the movement as what happening?
(a) The temple falling.
(b) The earth shaking.
(c) Her eyes deceiving her.
(d) The movement of Artemis, herself.

10. Which Mount did the mother of Artemis and Apollo bring them to?
(a) Mount Olympus.
(b) Mount Pela.
(c) Mount Parnassus.
(d) Mount Hellena.

11. At the end of Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what is Orestes ordered to do when he reaches Athens?
(a) To find a wife to wed.
(b) To build a shrine.
(c) To deliver his sister to her father's house.
(d) To take Pylades safely to his wife, Electra.

12. When Iphigenia enters the scene from the temple and is speaking with King Thoas in Part 5, what does she ask the Gods to guard them from?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Impurity.
(c) Death.
(d) Conceit.

13. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?
(a) Antistrophe.
(b) Strophe.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Iphigenia.

14. When Orestes and Iphigenia are working out a plan to deliver the letter in Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does Orestes ask Iphigenia about, wondering if they will consent to letting Pylades go?
(a) The Taurian King.
(b) Artemis.
(c) The guards.
(d) The Chorus.

15. When Orestes is telling Pylades to go back home, what does he ask Pylades to do for him?
(a) To kiss his wife goodbye.
(b) To build a tomb.
(c) To build a home.
(d) To remember him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agamemnon's grandfather?

2. What does the messenger say to the Chorus about the two young men?

3. When the ship that Orestes, Pylades, and Iphigenia have escaped to begins to be driven backward towards the land, what does Iphigenia start to do?

4. What is the dragon guarding that the Chorus mentions in their hymn in the beginning of Part 6?

5. When Iphigenia tells the King that the young strangers were trying to win her heart, who does she claim the strangers told her about?

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