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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Take them back to their ship and tie them inside.
(b) Guard them and leave them unbound.
(c) Lead them back to the temple.
(d) Bind them and guard them.

2. In Part 2, when Iphigenia is speaking of her past, what does she tell the Chorus she doesn't believe any god is?
(a) Kind.
(b) Loving.
(c) Heartless.
(d) Evil.

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?
(a) His family.
(b) His brother.
(c) His name.
(d) His friend.

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

5. What does Orestes suggest that he and Pylades do, to which Pylades replies, "out of the question- we're not used to it"?
(a) Hide.
(b) Steal some horses.
(c) Kill someone.
(d) Run away.

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

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

8. Which end of the Crimean Peninsula does the opening scene take place?
(a) Western.
(b) Eastern.
(c) Southern.
(d) Northern.

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

10. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he mentions something about their country's custom towards strangers. What is their country's custom towards strangers?
(a) To put them on a trail.
(b) To have a feast.
(c) To toss them into the sea.
(d) To sacrifice them.

11. Who is the king of the Taurian country?
(a) Agamemnon.
(b) Thoas.
(c) Menelaus.
(d) Orestes.

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

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

14. Why does Iphigenia feel like the rites she celebrates are unfit for song?
(a) Because she helps "sail men's body to sea".
(b) Because she "lures men in only to kill them".
(c) Because she "sings a song of death".
(d) Because she helps "drench an altar with blood of travelers".

15. Who does Iphigenia order to go into the temple and prepare for the sacrifice?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) King Thoas.
(c) Temple attendants.
(d) The guards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the king of Taurus receive his particular name?

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

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?

4. Who does Orestes claim "hounds" him "to and fro"?

5. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?

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