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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Servants.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Honesty.

2. What is the name of the priest that Iphigenia questions Orestes about in Part 3?
(a) Pylades.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Calchas.

3. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?
(a) Noon.
(b) In the night.
(c) Mid-morning.
(d) At the break of dawn.

4. When Orestes is telling Pylades to go back home, what does he ask Pylades to do for him?
(a) To build a tomb.
(b) To remember him.
(c) To build a home.
(d) To kiss his wife goodbye.

5. While Iphigenia is questioning Orestes in Part 3, Orestes tells Iphigenia that her "informant was correct" about something. What is it?
(a) That Achilles was betrothed to someone else.
(b) That Troy no longer stands and was destroyed in war.
(c) That Helen was evil.
(d) That Agememnon is king.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?

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

3. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?

4. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?

5. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?

(see the answer key)

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