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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 4 when Orestes and Iphigenia are planning their escape, Orestes states that night is for thieves, but what does he say daylight is for?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Servants.

2. In the opening of Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, a member of the Chorus starts a hymn by talking about long ago in a certain place. What is the place she mentions?
(a) Aries.
(b) Delos.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Troy.

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

4. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he also describes the oars and how they looked like what?
(a) A pair of wings.
(b) Arms across the ocean.
(c) Lightning rods.
(d) Wooden tusks.

5. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Strophius.
(d) Menelaus.

6. 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 bring the statue of Artemis to him.
(c) To take the statue of Artemis and set it up in Athens.
(d) To break the statue of Artemis on the jagged rocks of Taurus.

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

8. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, he tells her about her wedding day. Who does Orestes claim sent holy water on Iphigenia's wedding day?
(a) Their mother.
(b) Their father.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Electra.

9. In Part 4, Iphigenia returns from the temple and speaks with Orestes and Pylades and hands them her letter. What does she state the letter is written on?
(a) Artemis' prayer.
(b) Several folds.
(c) One piece of golden paper.
(d) Protected folds.

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

11. 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) Artemis.
(b) The Taurian King.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) The guards.

12. What does the messenger say to the Chorus about the two young men?
(a) That they have fled the country.
(b) That they are coming back to the temple.
(c) That they are nowhere in sight.
(d) That they are trapped in a cave.

13. 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 take Pylades safely to his wife, Electra.
(c) To build a shrine.
(d) To deliver his sister to her father's house.

14. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, when Thoas asks the messenger how it is possible that Iphigenia is gone and why she is gone, what does the messenger tell him?
(a) That Iphigenia is gone because she wanted to live in Athens.
(b) That Iphigenia is gone because she wanted to save Orestes.
(c) That Iphigenia is still hiding amongst the caves.
(d) That Iphigenia is gone because she was kidnapped by Orestes and Pylades.

15. Iphigenia tells King Thoas in Part 5 that the citizens must do what during the purification ritual?
(a) Pray to Artemis.
(b) Watch.
(c) Remain inside their houses.
(d) Throw rocks at the strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?

2. When Orestes is telling Iphigenia about two people that nursed a feud, what does he tell Iphigenia that these two were fighting over?

3. When the messenger finishes telling the Chorus about the two young men, what do they tell the messenger concerning the King?

4. Who does the Chorus mention drove Themis from the holy seat of Pytho?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking with King Thoas about the image moving, she tells him that something else happened as well as the movement. What else does Iphigenia say happened with the image?

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