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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 the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?
(a) Horses of Hellas.
(b) Pigs of Hellas.
(c) Sheep of Hellas.
(d) Servants of Hellas.

2. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?
(a) Helen.
(b) Orestes and Pylades.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) The Chorus.

3. When the Chorus sees the two young men being led to the temple, who do they speak a brief prayer to?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

4. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?
(a) With the Gods.
(b) Argos.
(c) Troy.
(d) Hellas.

5. 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 he and Pylades both deliver the letter.
(c) That no one will deliver the letter because he doesn't trust Iphigenia.
(d) That they will send a member of the Chorus to deliver the letter and both men will face death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?

2. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

3. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?

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

5. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?

Short Essay Questions

1. Iphigenia explains in Part 2 that the men in her homeland already know her fate. What do they think has happened to Iphigenia?

2. How does the herdsman describe Orestes and Pylades to Iphigenia in Part 2 ?

3. 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?

4. What does Iphigenia think her dream means?

5. In Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, why does the messenger not leave when the Chorus tells him that the King is not there at the temple?

6. How does the herdsman tell Iphigenia that he captured the two young strangers?

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

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

9. Describe how Iphigenia was saved from death.

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

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