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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia speaks of the statue of Artemis, she tells Orestes in Part 4 that only one person is allowed to touch it. Who is that person?
(a) One of the temple attendants.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) One member of The Chorus.
(d) King Thoas.

2. 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) The sea.
(d) Her own tears.

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

4. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, the first person to speak asks if something is blazing. What does this person inquire about?
(a) The temple laterns.
(b) The red sun.
(c) The strangers' bodies.
(d) The fires on the city gates.

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?
(a) It fell.
(b) It rocked back and forth and spoke.
(c) Its eyelids closed.
(d) It raised its sword.

6. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who claims that Phoebus' pronouncements are no help to them?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Pylades.

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

8. In Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who hammers on the temple door?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The messenger.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) Orestes.

9. At the opening of Part 5 when the single person enters the scene, who does he have with him?
(a) Orestes and Pylades.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Orestes and Iphigenia.
(d) His guards.

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

11. 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) Athena.
(c) Artemis.
(d) King Thoas.

12. Who does Iphigenia tell the King that the young strangers told her was prospering and alive?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Electra.
(d) Her father.

13. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?
(a) Escaped from prison.
(b) Killed one of his people.
(c) Killed a soldier.
(d) Hidden from their king.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 6, what is the first stanza called that the Chorus recites in their poem?

2. After the Chorus finishes their hymn in the beginning of Part 6, who enters the scene?

3. 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?

4. Who kills the dragon that is mentioned in the hymn by the Chorus in Part 6?

5. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "Stop, stranger! Take away your hands!"?

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