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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the messenger is telling King Thoas about the escape of the prisoners, what does he tell the King that Iphigenia did to make them think she was busy with the ceremony?
(a) She splashed loudly in the sea.
(b) She burned a haystack.
(c) She gave a piercing cry.
(d) She chanted hymns.

2. 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?
(a) Its eyelids closed.
(b) It rocked back and forth and spoke.
(c) It fell.
(d) It raised its sword.

3. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Menelaus.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Strophius.

4. In Part 4, who asks Iphigenia to prescribe a pious oath for Pylades?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Apollo.

5. At the end of Part 5, what does Iphigenia do right before the procession forms?
(a) She calls to King Thoas.
(b) She raises the image.
(c) She calls out Artemis' name.
(d) She raises her arms to Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Part 6, what does the Chorus state that Artemis is the queen of?

2. Iphigenia tells King Thoas in Part 5 that the citizens must do what during the purification ritual?

3. After King Thoas has heard about the escape of Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades he suggests that they capture them, fling them down the rocky cliffs and impale their bodies on what?

4. What does Iphigenia tell King Thoas the strangers did to win her heart?

5. Who kills the dragon that is mentioned in the hymn by the Chorus in Part 6?

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