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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the messenger finishes telling the Chorus about the two young men, what do they tell the messenger concerning the King?
(a) That the King has left the temple.
(b) That the King is at a citizen's home.
(c) That the King is inside the temple.
(d) That the King is mourning.

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

3. When King Thoas learns what the young strangers have done, who does he claim would recoil from that type of action?
(a) A monstrous heathen.
(b) Death.
(c) A savage.
(d) Artemis.

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

5. When Iphigenia is telling King Thoas what must be done for purification of the sacrifices, he tells her that what two things are very proper?
(a) Her love and purity.
(b) Her loyalty and concern.
(c) Her care and piety.
(d) Her carefulness and swiftness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Artemis' parents?

2. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas, she tells him that the holy image of Artemis shrank backward. What does she tell King Thoas this event reveals to her?

3. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he also describes the oars and how they looked like what?

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?

5. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?

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