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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the group of women of Thebes who rushes on in a panic?
(a) The Singers.
(b) The Farmers.
(c) The Messenger.
(d) The Chorus.

2. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ his mother.
(a) Blind.
(b) Betray.
(c) Marry..
(d) Kill.

3. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ him.
(a) Lie.
(b) Imprision.
(c) Kill.
(d) Blind.

4. Who conspires to kill Oedipus at the end of the Background section?
(a) The Spinx.
(b) Eteocles and Polyneices.
(c) King of Argos.
(d) Ismene.

5. At the end of the first year, what does Eteocles refused to do?
(a) Fight the war.
(b) Give up the throne.
(c) Find a wife.
(d) Feed the hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"

2. Women see the act of combat as something that causes ___________.

3. Traditionally, women are more concerned with _________.

4. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.

5. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.

(see the answer key)

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