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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Apollo and Artemis related?
(a) Artemis is Apollo's grandmother.
(b) Artemis is Apollo's sister.
(c) Artemis is Apollo's mother.
(d) Artemis is Apollo's aunt.

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus about her terrible past, whose lips does she say she would not kiss?
(a) Her brother's lips.
(b) Her mother's lips.
(c) Her father's lips.
(d) Her sister's lips.

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

4. Which character from the story enters first in Part 1?
(a) Orestes.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Thoas.

5. In Part 2 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia tells the Chorus that she finds Artemis guilty of what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Hypocrisy.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Love.

6. The Herdsman hears one of the young men's names. Who is the young man that he knows the name of?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Pylades.
(d) Orestes.

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

8. Who does the Chorus mention led the famous fleet to the towers of Troy?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Helen.
(d) Apollo.

9. In the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, what does Iphigenia claim is her first care?
(a) That the rites of Artemis be duly ordered.
(b) That she find the young men suitable for sacrificing.
(c) To find out who the strangers are.
(d) To sing a song.

10. Iphigenia talks about the seizure of Helen in Part 1. Who is Helen's husband?
(a) Menelaus.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Orestes.

11. 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?
(a) That he lives in the afterlife and here on earth.
(b) That he has visited the Gods and lives nowhere.
(c) That the king's son lives nowhere and everywhere.
(d) That he does not live.

12. When Iphigenia speaks to the Chorus, why is she in mourning?
(a) Because she thinks her brother, Orestes, is dead.
(b) Because she was taken from her family.
(c) Because she does not like helping with sacrifices.
(d) Because she is scared of King Thoas.

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

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

15. In Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Iphigenia offers to spare Orestes' life if he will do what?
(a) If he will offer Pylades' life in return.
(b) If he will pray to Artemis for her release.
(c) Tell her who he really is.
(d) Deliver a letter to Argos.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Part 3 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who enters the scene besides Iphigenia?

2. When does Pylades suggest that he and Orestes retrieve the item they are looking for in Taurus?

3. Orestes tells Iphigenia that his body is hers while they are outside the temple, but what does he tell Iphigenia that he won't let her sacrifice?

4. When the guards reappear after Orestes and Iphigenia have spoken about Orestes' fate, what does Iphigenia tell the guards to do about the two young men?

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

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