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This test consists of 5 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. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, Pylades says in an aside that he will ask no questions of Iphigenia. Why does he say that he will ask no questions?
(a) He can't, because he is so dumbfounded by her story.
(b) So Orestes can ask questions.
(c) So he can hear the truth.
(d) Because he doesn't know what to say.

3. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?
(a) King Thoas.
(b) Guards.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Guards and temple attendants.

4. When Iphigenia is telling the King about the young strangers trying to win her heart, what does she claim that she hates?
(a) Hellas.
(b) Helen.
(c) Her father.
(d) Troy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Orestes tells Pylades what he wants Pylades to do for him when he gets home, what does he ask that his sister leave for him?

2. When Iphigenia questions Orestes about Argos in Part 4, who does Orestes say rules Argos?

3. When Orestes is telling Pylades to go back home, what does he ask Pylades to do for him?

4. After King Thoas has heard about the escape of Iphigenia, Orestes, and Pylades he suggests that they capture them, fling them down the rocky cliffs and impale their bodies on what?

5. Iphigenia tells King Thoas in Part 5 that the citizens must do what during the purification ritual?

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