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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Iphigenia's dream, where does she dream that she has escaped to live?
(a) Hellas.
(b) Troy.
(c) Argos.
(d) With the Gods.

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

5. When the Herdsman is telling Iphigenia about the capture of the strangers, he tells her that one of the strangers drew his sword. What did the stranger do with his sword?
(a) He stabbed the ground.
(b) He came after the herdsman.
(c) He started stabbing the cattle.
(d) He threw it out into the sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes Iphigenia's place on the altar to be sacrificed instead?

2. What name does Orestes tell Iphigenia would name him justly when he is talking with her outside the temple?

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 Iphigenia is having the conversation with Orestes and Pylades outside the temple, she asks Orestes where Helen is. What does Orestes tell Iphigenia?

5. When Iphigenia is talking with Orestes and Pylades, who says, "events mislead and baffle us"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Iphigenia talks to the Chorus about her ill fate and how she has had it from the beginning of her existence. She tells the Chorus that she cannot join in the "Argive Hymn to Hera" but that she celebrates rites "unfit for song". What rites is she speaking of and why are they unfit for song?

2. When Iphigenia is telling about her sorrow, what does she say she can't do for her brother, Orestes?

3. What plan does Iphigenia devise to make sure her message gets to its destination if the letter is lost or taken?

4. When Orestes is speaking to Pylades about the plan for Pylades to take the letter back for Iphigenia, how does Pylades respond?

5. Describe the dream that Iphigenia has.

6. When Iphigenia enters from the central door of the temple in the beginning of Part 2, why does she say she is sunk in "bitter tears and deep distress"?

7. What does Iphigenia think her dream means?

8. Iphigenia explains in Part 2 that the men in her homeland already know her fate. What do they think has happened to Iphigenia?

9. In Part 6 of Iphigenia in Taurus, the messenger tells the King about the escape of Orestes, Pylades, and Iphigenia. After the messenger tells the King about the escape, he tells the King that he'll be even more surprised by what other news he has tell him. What is the other news that will surprise the King even more?

10. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, why does Iphigenia tell Orestes that she'll use their misfortune to deceive the king?

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