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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Orestes states that people claim that something fell from the sky into the temple. What was this item that fell from the sky?
(a) The statue of Artemis.
(b) A magic sword.
(c) Iphigenia.
(d) Powerful armor.

2. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Give it to Apollo.
(b) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(c) Break it.
(d) Throw it into the sea.

3. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A horse.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A deer.
(d) A pig.

4. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?
(a) Helen.
(b) Orestes and Pylades.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) King Thoas.

5. Who does Iphigenia think her dream is about in Part 1?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Electra.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?

2. Who is the king of the Taurian country?

3. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?

4. How are Apollo and Artemis related?

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

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