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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Cruelty.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Love.
(d) Justice.

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

3. Who is Iphigenia's father?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Apollo.

4. In Part 3, when Iphigenia tells Orestes that he is the visitor she has longed for, what does Orestes tell Iphigenia to hug?
(a) Her good luck.
(b) Pylades.
(c) Herself.
(d) Her sword.

5. Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she is the doomed victim of what?
(a) Her father's villainy.
(b) Fate.
(c) Achilles' love.
(d) Helen's treachery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The opening scene in the story Iphigenia in Taurus starts at what landmark?

3. What happens to the person that Iphigenia sees in her dream?

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

5. In Part 2, after Iphigenia leaves, the Chorus begins a long questioning of who the strangers are. Who does the Chorus say they wish would come to "this shore" to be sacrificed?

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