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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes hide so that they are not captured?
(a) Under some rocks.
(b) On their ship.
(c) In the temple.
(d) In the caves.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are working out a plan to deliver the letter in Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who does Orestes ask Iphigenia about, wondering if they will consent to letting Pylades go?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The guards.
(c) Artemis.
(d) The Taurian King.

3. In the opening of Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "this is no cause for joy, when death parts friend from friend"?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Pylades.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Iphigenia.

4. Where was the altar on which Iphigenia was going to be sacrificed?
(a) Troy.
(b) Hellas.
(c) Athens.
(d) Aulis.

5. Besides the young strangers, what else does Iphigenia tell King Thoas she must purify?
(a) Herself.
(b) Their ship.
(c) The king.
(d) The image of Artemis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?

2. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Orestes claim is as chaotic as the mortal world?

3. Whose temple was Iphigenia to work in?

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

5. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who is Orestes speaking of when he says, " her blood was the unjust ransom for a worthless wife"?

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