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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the opening of Part 5 of Iphigenia of Taurus, which single person enters the scene?
(a) Thoas.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Iphigenia.

4. In Part 5, after Iphigenia tells King Thoas what the citizens of the city must do, what does she tell him must be shunned?
(a) All pollution.
(b) All strangers.
(c) All murderers.
(d) All rituals.

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) A serpent in the brush.
(b) An arrow from an archer had landed at her feet.
(c) The foam from the waves.
(d) The image of Artemis was on the ground before her.

6. What is the first thing Iphigenia requests of King Thoas when beginning with the purification ritual after she finishes explaining the need for the ritual?
(a) That the strangers remain unbound.
(b) That the strangers' arms be bound with cords.
(c) That the strangers do not know where they are.
(d) That the strangers get a chance to speak.

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

8. 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?
(a) Cry and wail to her brother.
(b) Sing to the Gods.
(c) Help row the oars across the seawaters.
(d) Pray to Artemis.

9. 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) Death.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Impurity.

10. 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) Her eyes deceiving her.
(c) The movement of Artemis, herself.
(d) The earth shaking.

11. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, who says "that purification was a trick"?
(a) The messenger.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) King Thoas.

12. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?
(a) Golden Mountain.
(b) Wonder Mountain.
(c) Ares' Hill.
(d) Athena's Hill.

13. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "Stop, stranger! Take away your hands!"?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Orestes.

14. What does Iphigenia tell King Thoas the strangers did to win her heart?
(a) They held out pleasing bait.
(b) They forced her to agree with them.
(c) They threatened to kill someone.
(d) They kissed her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who are Artemis' parents?

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

4. In the beginning of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does the Chorus address by saying, "A voyage of tears awaits you"?

5. 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?

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