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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?
(a) Her father.
(b) Troy.
(c) Hellas.
(d) Helen.

2. Who was Iphigenia betrothed to when she lived in Greece?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Apollo.

3. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?
(a) Husband, child, city, and friend.
(b) Brother, friend, country, and horse.
(c) Country, child, farm, and fortune.
(d) Friend, ship, family, and country.

4. When Iphigenia starts asking Orestes many questions in Part 3, Orestes finally asks her why she is so interested in Hellas. What is Iphigenia's reply to Orestes' question?
(a) That Hellas is her home and that she died there when she was a child.
(b) That she has heard of Hellas.
(c) That Hellas was a place she dreamt about.
(d) That she knows someone from Hellas.

5. In Part 2, when Iphigenia asks the Herdsman why he was down by the seashore, what is his reply?
(a) He was taking a bath.
(b) He was cleaning his clothing.
(c) He was watching for ships.
(d) He was washing his cattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?

2. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?

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

4. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?

5. When King Thoas learns what the young strangers have done, who does he claim would recoil from that type of action?

(see the answer key)

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