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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 6, the Chorus mentions a dragon in the hymn they sing. What color eyes do they mention the dragon has?
(a) Sea foam-white.
(b) Emerald-green.
(c) Wine-red.
(d) Ocean-blue.

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) She saw it in their eyes.
(b) Artemis whispered their wrongdoings to her.
(c) She could hear the Furies.
(d) The holy image turned away.

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

4. What type of doors are located on the temple of Artemis?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Smooth.
(c) Riveted.
(d) Bolted.

5. In the opening of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "this is no cause for joy, when death parts friend from friend"?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Iphigenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the messenger is telling the King about Orestes and Pylades escaping in Part 6, who does he tell the King came up on the troop and drove them back?

2. In the beginning of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does the Chorus address by saying, "A voyage of tears awaits you"?

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

4. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?

5. After the Chorus finishes their hymn in the beginning of Part 6, who enters the scene?

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