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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?
(a) Break it.
(b) Give it to Apollo.
(c) Take it back and give it to Athens.
(d) Throw it into the sea.

2. After Iphigenia finishes talking about her dream, where does she go?
(a) Down to the shore.
(b) Into the temple.
(c) To speak with the Chorus.
(d) Into a field.

3. What does Orestes call Iphigenia throughout Part 3?
(a) Woman.
(b) Priestess.
(c) Lady.
(d) Sister.

4. When the messenger finishes telling the Chorus about the two young men, what do they tell the messenger concerning the King?
(a) That the King is inside the temple.
(b) That the King is at a citizen's home.
(c) That the King is mourning.
(d) That the King has left the temple.

5. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?
(a) A horse.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A deer.
(d) A pig.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to Orestes and Pylades in Part 4 about taking her message back home, who does Iphigenia tell Pylades saved her from her father's hand?

2. After King Thoas has heard about the escape of Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades he suggests that they capture them, fling them down the rocky cliffs and impale their bodies on what?

3. 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"?

4. When Orestes cries to Phoebus, who does he claim he has killed?

5. Who snatched Iphigenia from the altar from which she was to be sacrificed?

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