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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 5, why does Iphigenia ask the guards to wrap the young strangers' cloaks over their heads?
(a) To protect the citizens from harm.
(b) So people cannot see them.
(c) To show reverance for the sun's pure light.
(d) So the Gods will only know their identity.

2. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?
(a) The sea.
(b) The holy water in the temple.
(c) Fire from the holy temple.
(d) Her own tears.

3. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Guards and temple attendants.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) Guards.

4. In Part 6, what is the first stanza called that the Chorus recites in their poem?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Strophe.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Antistrophe.

5. When Orestes is speaking of appearing in court for killing his mother, who does he say raised a hand for his acquittal?
(a) Zeus.
(b) The Furies.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Athena.

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 the opening of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "this is no cause for joy, when death parts friend from friend"?

3. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?

4. 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?

5. What does Orestes tell the messenger when he and the others are trying to stop Orestes and Pylades from escaping?

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