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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the messenger say to the Chorus about the two young men?
(a) That they are trapped in a cave.
(b) That they have fled the country.
(c) That they are nowhere in sight.
(d) That they are coming back to the temple.

2. In Part 6, the Chorus mentions a dragon in the hymn they sing. What color eyes do they mention the dragon has?
(a) Emerald-green.
(b) Wine-red.
(c) Sea foam-white.
(d) Ocean-blue.

3. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, who says "that purification was a trick"?
(a) King Thoas.
(b) The messenger.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Iphigenia.

4. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he tells the King that neither party had swords but that Orestes' men came at them with what?
(a) Fists and Feet.
(b) Rocks and Hands.
(c) Feet and Rocks.
(d) Hands and Feet.

5. When Iphigenia enters the scene from the temple, where does she ask King Thoas to stand?
(a) By the image of Artemis.
(b) At the door.
(c) By the pillars.
(d) At the altar.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?

2. When Thoas is speaking of Orestes and Pylades escaping in Part 6, he states that they have a long hard voyage before them if they hope to do what?

3. When Iphigenia enters the scene in Part 5, what is she carrying?

4. When Iphigenia is speaking with King Thoas about the image moving, she tells him that something else happened as well as the movement. What else does Iphigenia say happened with the image?

5. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?

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