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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Pylades is telling Orestes in Part 4 that he will not leave Orestes behind to be sacrificed by himself, he tells Orestes that he will give his body along with Orestes to what two things?
(a) The knife and fire.
(b) The knife and sword.
(c) The fire and water.
(d) The sword and water.

2. In Part 5, what does Iphigenia tell King Thoas washes "clean all the foulness of mankind"?
(a) The sea.
(b) Fire from the holy temple.
(c) The holy water in the temple.
(d) Her own tears.

3. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking to each other outside the temple in Part 3, who does Orestes tell Iphigenia is no more trustworthy than a fleeting dream?
(a) The Gods.
(b) His father.
(c) King Thoas.
(d) Apollo.

4. Iphigenia claims that even from the time of her conception and childhood that something "lay hard" for her. What is it?
(a) The hand of Fate.
(b) Her understanding of war.
(c) Her labors in the field.
(d) Her service in the temple.

5. Who are Artemis' parents?
(a) Apollo and Leto.
(b) Apollo and Athena.
(c) Zeus and Athena.
(d) Zeus and Leto.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking to King Thoas, she tells him that the holy image of Artemis shrank backward. What does she tell King Thoas this event reveals to her?

2. After Orestes finds the item he is searching for in Taurus, what is he required to do with it?

3. When Orestes and Iphigenia are devising a plan to escape Taurus, what does Orestes suggest they do to the king?

4. When Iphigenia asks Orestes about the king's son in Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, and asks where he lives, what is Orestes' reply?

5. What does Iphigenia tell King Thoas he must do when the men come from the temple?

(see the answer key)

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