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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 6 of Iphigenia of Taurus, when Thoas asks the messenger how it is possible that Iphigenia is gone and why she is gone, what does the messenger tell him?
(a) That Iphigenia is gone because she wanted to save Orestes.
(b) That Iphigenia is still hiding amongst the caves.
(c) That Iphigenia is gone because she was kidnapped by Orestes and Pylades.
(d) That Iphigenia is gone because she wanted to live in Athens.

2. In Part 5, why does King Thoas have a "strong desire" to learn about the young men?
(a) Because they are strange to him.
(b) Because he recognizes them.
(c) Because he always wants to know who is being sacrificed at all times.
(d) Because Iphigenia tells him they are foul with kindred blood.

3. In Part 4, what does Orestes tell Iphigenia is the mission that Apollo gave him?
(a) To take the statue of Artemis and set it up in Athens.
(b) To taint the statue of Artemis so it is no longer clean.
(c) To bring the statue of Artemis to him.
(d) To break the statue of Artemis on the jagged rocks of Taurus.

4. When Pylades is telling Orestes in Part 4 that he will not leave Orestes behind to be sacrificed by himself, he tells Orestes that he will give his body along with Orestes to what two things?
(a) The knife and sword.
(b) The sword and water.
(c) The fire and water.
(d) The knife and fire.

5. In Part 4 when Orestes and Iphigenia are planning their escape, Orestes states that night is for thieves, but what does he say daylight is for?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides the young strangers, what else does Iphigenia tell King Thoas she must purify?

2. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "sometimes, somehow, extraordinary misfortune seems to take, by pure chance, some extraordinary turn"?

3. Whose pure blood does Iphigenia say she needs to purge the taint of murder on the men?

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. 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?

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