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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Electra.
(b) Helen.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Apollo.

2. When Orestes and Iphigenia are devising a plan to escape Taurus, what does Orestes suggest they do to the king?
(a) Overthrow him.
(b) Sneak past him.
(c) Kidnap him.
(d) Assassinate him.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, who does she claim is extinct?

2. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?

3. When Iphigenia is speaking with King Thoas about the image moving, she tells him that something else happened as well as the movement. What else does Iphigenia say happened with the image?

4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "sometimes, somehow, extraordinary misfortune seems to take, by pure chance, some extraordinary turn"?

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?

(see the answer key)

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