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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. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Thoas.
(d) Orestes.

2. When the guards reappear after Orestes and Iphigenia have spoken about Orestes' fate, what does Iphigenia tell the guards to do about the two young men?
(a) Take them back to their ship and tie them inside.
(b) Lead them back to the temple.
(c) Bind them and guard them.
(d) Guard them and leave them unbound.

3. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Helen.
(c) Electra.
(d) Apollo.

4. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?
(a) Brother, friend, country, and horse.
(b) Country, child, farm, and fortune.
(c) Husband, child, city, and friend.
(d) Friend, ship, family, and country.

5. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?
(a) Artemis.
(b) Helen.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Agamemnon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?

2. When Iphigenia is telling the Chorus about her terrible past, she mentions that she would not hold who?

3. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

4. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?

5. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Iphigenia first finds out that Orestes and Pylades are from her homeland, what plan does she come up with?

5. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about Agamemnon, why does Orestes avoid the questioning?

6. When Iphigenia enters from the central door of the temple in the beginning of Part 2, why does she say she is sunk in "bitter tears and deep distress"?

7. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, how does Iphigenia remember Orestes at the time she was taken away to be sacrificed?

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

9. At the end of Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who follows with the procession and how they go into the temple? Why did those that went into the temple go back into the temple?

10. What does Iphigenia think her dream means?

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