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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?
(a) He started stabbing the cattle.
(b) He came after the herdsman.
(c) He stabbed the ground.
(d) He threw it out into the sea.

2. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Aulis.
(b) Helen.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Athens.

3. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of sea do they describe?
(a) A raging sea.
(b) A blue sea.
(c) A cold sea.
(d) An unfriendly sea.

4. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?
(a) Electra.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Menelaus.

5. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?
(a) Because she does not like helping with sacrifices.
(b) Because she is scared of King Thoas.
(c) Because she thinks her brother, Orestes, is dead.
(d) Because she was taken from her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?

2. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?

3. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?

4. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the conversation that Orestes and Iphigenia have concerning Odysseus during Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus.

2. What is Iphigenia's reaction when she finds out that her mother killed her father?

3. In Part 1, what does Iphigenia claim her father vowed to Artemis?

4. What are some of the ways that Orestes and Pylades contemplate entering the temple?

5. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, King Thoas asks Iphigenia what they should do with the two young men. Why does King Thoas ask Iphigenia this, and what is Iphigenia's reply?

6. In Part 2, what does Iphigenia say was happening while her father was bringing her to her death?

7. What do Orestes and Pylades finally decide to do after they have spoken of how to get into the temple?

8. In Part 3, after the guards have entered the temple and Iphigenia is alone with the two young strangers, what does she begin asking them about?

9. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, why does King Thoas tell Iphigenia that it is natural that the city honors her?

10. What does the herdsman tell Iphigenia the young stranger's insane fit looked like?

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