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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Iphigenia and Orestes are speaking about sending Iphigenia's letter back home, who does Iphigenia say will see Pylades on board the ship?
(a) Some favored guards.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Iphigenia, herself.
(d) A trusted herdsman.

2. When the messenger is describing the escape of the prisoners and Iphigenia, he tells the King that something was at Iphigenia's feet that made her shrink away. What was it that made Iphigenia shrink away?
(a) The foam from the waves.
(b) A serpent in the brush.
(c) An arrow from an archer had landed at her feet.
(d) The image of Artemis was on the ground before her.

3. Besides the young strangers, what else does Iphigenia tell King Thoas she must purify?
(a) The king.
(b) Herself.
(c) The image of Artemis.
(d) Their ship.

4. Who kills the dragon that is mentioned in the hymn by the Chorus in Part 6?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Phoebus.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Orestes.

5. After the Chorus finishes their hymn in the beginning of Part 6, who enters the scene?
(a) A messenger.
(b) Iphigenia.
(c) Orestes.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When King Thoas learns what the young strangers have done, who does he claim would recoil from that type of action?

2. In Part 4 of Iphigenia in Taurus, who claims that Phoebus' pronouncements are no help to them?

3. Who leads Orestes and Pylades out of the temple on their way to the purification ritual?

4. Who does Iphigenia tell the King that the young strangers told her was prospering and alive?

5. When Iphigenia tells King Thoas about the holy image moving on the pedestal, King Thoas explains the movement as what happening?

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