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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Chorus finishes their hymn in the beginning of Part 6, who enters the scene?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Orestes.
(c) A messenger.
(d) Iphigenia.

2. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas about the young strangers in Part 5, what is the reason she tells King Thoas that she recognized the "stain" on them?
(a) Artemis whispered their wrongdoings to her.
(b) She could hear the Furies.
(c) The holy image turned away.
(d) She saw it in their eyes.

3. 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 loyalty and concern.
(b) Her care and piety.
(c) Her love and purity.
(d) Her carefulness and swiftness.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5 of Iphigenia in Taurus, the first person to speak asks if something is blazing. What does this person inquire about?

2. What does Iphigenia tell King Thoas he must do when the men come from the temple?

3. 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?

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

5. When Orestes is speaking of appearing in court for killing his mother, who does he say raised a hand for his acquittal?

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