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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. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?
(a) Troy.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Aulis.
(d) Athens.

2. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A pig.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A horse.
(d) A deer.

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

4. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who is Orestes speaking of when he says, " her blood was the unjust ransom for a worthless wife"?
(a) Electra.
(b) Helen.
(c) His mother's.
(d) Iphigenia.

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?
(a) Her brother's lips.
(b) Her father's lips.
(c) Her sister's lips.
(d) Her mother's lips.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Chorus sees the two young men being led to the temple, who do they speak a brief prayer to?

2. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?

3. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

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

5. 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?

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

3. 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"?

4. In Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does the messenger tell the King that makes him a little uneasy?

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. When Orestes is speaking to Pylades about the plan for Pylades to take the letter back for Iphigenia, how does Pylades respond?

10. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia asks that two different things happen that involve cloaks. What are those two things?

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