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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia arrived in Taurus, what was her appointed job in the temple?
(a) Priestess.
(b) Attendant.
(c) Servant.
(d) Guard.

2. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?
(a) He fights a Cyclops.
(b) He sails on forever on his ship.
(c) He prays to Artemis.
(d) He dies.

3. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?
(a) Troy.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Argos.
(d) With the Gods.

4. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?
(a) Iphigenia.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Thoas.

5. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?
(a) His father.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother-in-law.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Orestes asked to take from the temple by Phoebus Apollo?

2. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?

3. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?

4. 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?

5. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?

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