Iphigenia in Taurus Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Iphigenia in Taurus Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia is speaking with Orestes outside the temple, she mentions a particular name that is in the world's mouth. What name is that?
(a) Athens.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Troy.
(d) Helen.

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

3. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is done speaking to the Chorus, where does she go?
(a) To the field with the cattle.
(b) To the seashore.
(c) To her bedroom.
(d) Inside the temple.

4. 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) Apollo.
(c) His father.
(d) King Thoas.

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"?
(a) Helen.
(b) Electra.
(c) His mother's.
(d) Iphigenia.

6. Who enters from the central door while the Chorus is praying to Artemis?
(a) Guards.
(b) Temple attendants.
(c) Thoas.
(d) Iphigenia.

7. Who is Achilles' father?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Orestes.
(c) Thetis.
(d) Zeus.

8. When the Herdsman first enters and tells Iphigenia about the visitors, where does he tell Iphigenia the men are from?
(a) The purple east.
(b) Athens.
(c) Hellas.
(d) Troy.

9. After Iphigenia talks about her dream and exits, who appears from the shore?
(a) King Thoas.
(b) Orestes and Pylades.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Helen.

10. When Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus in Part 2, where does she tell the Chorus she "yearns toward"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Troy.
(c) Argos.
(d) The underworld.

11. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?
(a) At the break of dawn.
(b) In the night.
(c) Noon.
(d) Mid-morning.

12. Where does Iphigenia tell the Chorus she was sent in a chariot of state to?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Athens.
(c) Helen.
(d) Aulis.

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

14. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who says, "do we not know what sorrow is"?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Pylades.
(d) The Chorus.

15. What is the name of Iphigenia's grandmother on her mother's side?
(a) Electra.
(b) Leda.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hellena.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?

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

3. While Iphigenia is speaking to the Chorus, she mentions that she is without what four things?

4. When Orestes and Iphigenia are discussing Hellas, Orestes tells Iphigenia that a particular person's end was terrible. Who is Orestes talking about?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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