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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. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?
(a) King Thoas' armor.
(b) A shield from Apollo.
(c) The statue of Artemis.
(d) A dead corpse.

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

3. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking to each other, Iphigenia asks Orestes if anyone still lives in Agamemnon's house. What is Orestes' reply?
(a) That no one in Agamemnon's house lives.
(b) That Agamemnon is the only one alive.
(c) That Agamemnon and Electra are still alive.
(d) That Agamemnon's death only left a daughter, Electra, at home.

4. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?
(a) Guards.
(b) Orestes and Pylades.
(c) The herdsman.
(d) The Chorus.

5. When Iphigenia asks Orestes and Pylades if they are brothers in Part 3, what does Orestes say in reply?
(a) That they are comrades.
(b) That they are brothers in love, but not blood.
(c) That they are twin brothers.
(d) That they are just friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

2. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?

3. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?

4. Who enters as Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus?

5. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 6, the messenger tells the King that after Iphigenia got onto the ship safely and the ship was on its way, he heard a ringing voice. What did the voice say?

2. When Iphigenia tells Orestes what her plan is for sending her letter back, what does Orestes say to her about a change in plans, and why does he want to change Iphigenia's plans?

3. What does Iphigenia think her dream means?

4. When Iphigenia is speaking to Orestes about her plan to send a letter back with either Pylades or himself, why does she tell Orestes that she feels like he must surely be from royal stock?

5. In Part 2 of Iphigenia of Taurus, why does Iphigenia claim she is cruel now, and what does she say has made her that way?

6. What final proof does Orestes provide Iphigenia with to let her know that he is indeed her brother?

7. Iphigenia talks to the Chorus about her ill fate and how she has had it from the beginning of her existence. She tells the Chorus that she cannot join in the "Argive Hymn to Hera" but that she celebrates rites "unfit for song". What rites is she speaking of and why are they unfit for song?

8. When Iphigenia is telling about her sorrow, what does she say she can't do for her brother, Orestes?

9. Why does Orestes claim he is an outcast?

10. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who is the first person to enter the scene and what are they concerned with?

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