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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. In Part 3, when Iphigenia suggests that Orestes deliver a letter to Argos, what does Orestes suggest they change about Iphigenia's plan?
(a) That Pylades deliver the letter and Orestes stay to be sacrificed.
(b) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.
(c) That he and Pylades both deliver the letter.
(d) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.

2. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?
(a) King Thoas.
(b) Apollo.
(c) His father.
(d) The Gods.

3. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(b) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".
(c) Because she "sings a song of death".
(d) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".

4. Who does the Herdsman consider a suitable victim and pleasing sacrifice for Artemis?
(a) A member of his own herdsman.
(b) Iphigenia herself.
(c) No one; he does not agree with sacrificing.
(d) The two young men that came by ship.

5. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?
(a) Helen.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia offers to spare Orestes' life if he will do what?

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?

3. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

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

5. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what reason does Iphigenia give for binding the stranger's arms with cords?

2. In the opening of Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia first begin telling us?

3. Why does Iphigenia tell King Thoas the young strangers need to be cleansed?

4. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia relates a story to King Thoas concerning the image of Artemis. What does she tell King Thoas about?

5. What plan does Iphigenia devise to make sure her message gets to its destination if the letter is lost or taken?

6. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, what story does he claim Iphigenia wove in her loom?

7. After Orestes finishes telling Pylades what he would like him to do when he goes back home, what is Pylades reply?

8. 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?

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

10. Who gave birth to Artemis and Apollo and what did she do after their birth?

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