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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?
(a) Because he doesn't know what to say.
(b) So Orestes can ask questions.
(c) So he can hear the truth.
(d) He can't, because he is so dumbfounded by her story.

3. What type of doors are located on the temple of Artemis?
(a) Riveted.
(b) Bolted.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Heavy.

4. Who is Pylades' father?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Strophius.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Menelaus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, Iphigenia returns from the temple and speaks with Orestes and Pylades and hands them her letter. What does she state the letter is written on?

2. In Part 6, who says, "I never trust a word a woman says"?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking to Orestes and Pylades in Part 4 about taking her message back home, who does Iphigenia tell Pylades saved her from her father's hand?

4. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas of the rituals she must perform on the sacrifices, what does she tell King Thoas is needful?

5. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, who says "that purification was a trick"?

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