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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 4, who asks Iphigenia to prescribe a pious oath for Pylades?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Orestes.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Artemis.

2. After King Thoas has ordered the guards to go towards the shore to try to capture the escapees and the guards make off toward the shore, who appears?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Athena.

3. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia that he is her brother, what does he tell her is hidden in her own room in their father's palace?
(a) The old spear that Pelops hurled.
(b) A piece of her hair.
(c) Her favorite book about the family throne.
(d) Her dressing gown that she used to wear.

4. When King Thoas learns what the young strangers have done, who does he claim would recoil from that type of action?
(a) A savage.
(b) Death.
(c) A monstrous heathen.
(d) Artemis.

5. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas about the holy image moving on the pedestal, King Thoas explains the movement as what happening?
(a) The temple falling.
(b) Her eyes deceiving her.
(c) The movement of Artemis, herself.
(d) The earth shaking.

6. What does King Thoas tell Iphigenia he thinks the young strangers have done?
(a) Escaped from prison.
(b) Hidden from their king.
(c) Killed a soldier.
(d) Killed one of his people.

7. When the messenger is describing the escape of Orestes and Pylades, he also describes the oars and how they looked like what?
(a) Arms across the ocean.
(b) Lightning rods.
(c) Wooden tusks.
(d) A pair of wings.

8. When the ship that Orestes, Pylades, and Iphigenia have escaped to begins to be driven backward towards the land, what does Iphigenia start to do?
(a) Cry and wail to her brother.
(b) Help row the oars across the seawaters.
(c) Pray to Artemis.
(d) Sing to the Gods.

9. When Iphigenia enters the scene from the temple and is speaking with King Thoas in Part 5, what does she ask the Gods to guard them from?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Death.
(d) Impurity.

10. When the messenger is telling King Thoas about the escape of the prisoners, what does he tell the King that Iphigenia did to make them think she was busy with the ceremony?
(a) She burned a haystack.
(b) She chanted hymns.
(c) She gave a piercing cry.
(d) She splashed loudly in the sea.

11. In the beginning of Part 6, the Chorus tells of Apollo and his skill at what?
(a) The guitar.
(b) The sword.
(c) The harp.
(d) The lyre.

12. Who does Iphigenia tell the King that the young strangers told her was prospering and alive?
(a) Achilles.
(b) Electra.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

13. When Orestes is trying to prove to Iphigenia who he is, he speaks of two people that nursed a feud. Who are they?
(a) Atreus and Thyestes.
(b) Agamemnon and Menelaus.
(c) Achilles and Electra.
(d) Helen and Electra.

14. What type of doors are located on the temple of Artemis?
(a) Heavy.
(b) Riveted.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Bolted.

15. When Orestes and Iphigenia are devising a plan to escape Taurus, what does Orestes suggest they do to the king?
(a) Overthrow him.
(b) Kidnap him.
(c) Assassinate him.
(d) Sneak past him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agamemnon's grandfather?

2. In Part 6, who says, "I never trust a word a woman says"?

3. In the beginning of Part 6, what does the Chorus state that Artemis is the queen of?

4. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?

5. When the Chorus is speaking in the beginning of Part 6, what is the second stanza of the poem called?

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