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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Iphigenia tells King Thoas in Part 5 that the citizens must do what during the purification ritual?
(a) Pray to Artemis.
(b) Watch.
(c) Throw rocks at the strangers.
(d) Remain inside their houses.

2. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?
(a) Kill someone.
(b) Steal some horses.
(c) Hide.
(d) Run away.

3. When Orestes and Iphigenia are speaking of Orestes being sacrificed, Iphigenia tells Orestes that she will use what to quench his ashes?
(a) Rose water.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Sea water.
(d) The juice of grapes.

4. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?
(a) Troy.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Argos.
(d) The underworld.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who does Iphigenia ask Pylades to deliver her message/letter to?

2. When Orestes speaks of appearing in court for killing his mother, where does he say the court met?

3. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?

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

5. When the Chorus begins speaking in the opening of Part 2, what type of rocks do they speak of?

(see the answer key)

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