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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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?
(a) That the strangers are Gods.
(b) That the strangers are tainted sacrifices.
(c) That Artemis does not want to sacrifice these men.
(d) That it is unsafe to sacrifice these strangers.

3. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?
(a) His family.
(b) His brother.
(c) His friend.
(d) His name.

4. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?
(a) Her understanding of war.
(b) Her labors in the field.
(c) Her service in the temple.
(d) The hand of Fate.

5. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Iphigenia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, when Iphigenia suggests that Orestes deliver a letter to Argos, what does Orestes suggest they change about Iphigenia's plan?

2. In the beginning of Part 3, who tells Iphigenia that they need no tears from her?

3. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?

4. In the Chorus' opening prayer to Artemis, what do they speak about that "crop the green meadows"?

5. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas about the holy image moving on the pedestal, King Thoas explains the movement as what happening?

(see the answer key)

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