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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 mourning.
(b) That the King has left the temple.
(c) That the King is inside the temple.
(d) That the King is at a citizen's home.

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

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

4. 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) Truthfulness.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Servants.
(d) Bravery.

5. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Electra.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Orestes.

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

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

8. Who is the mother of Artemis and Apollo?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Leto.
(c) Helen.
(d) Athena.

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

10. 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) He can't, because he is so dumbfounded by her story.
(b) So Orestes can ask questions.
(c) Because he doesn't know what to say.
(d) So he can hear the truth.

11. 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 golden lamb.
(b) A family image.
(c) A heavenly sword.
(d) A woman.

12. When Iphigenia is speaking to Orestes and Pylades in Part 4 about taking her message back home, who does Iphigenia tell Pylades saved her from her father's hand?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Artemis.
(c) Athena.
(d) King Thoas.

13. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he tells the King that neither party had swords but that Orestes' men came at them with what?
(a) Fists and Feet.
(b) Hands and Feet.
(c) Rocks and Hands.
(d) Feet and Rocks.

14. 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.

15. Who is Agamemnon's grandfather?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Pelops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?

2. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?

3. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?

4. In Part 5, why does Iphigenia ask the guards to wrap the young strangers' cloaks over their heads?

5. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he also describes the oars and how they looked like what?

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