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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"
(a) English.
(b) Arabic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Islamic.

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

3. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve parents and children doing what?
(a) Growing old together.
(b) Praising each other.
(c) Losing contact with each other.
(d) Kill each other.

4. Who kills Oedipus' adopted father in the Background section of the play?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Laius.
(d) Eteocles.

5. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.
(a) Fable.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Story.
(d) Crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Laius' son?

2. What does Laius do to baby Oedipus after hearing the Oracle foretell Oedipus' future?

3. Who punishes Laius for kidnapping and murdering his friend's son?

4. Laius is regarded as a _______ in the city of Thebes.

5. Plays based on Greek legend tend to be very _____.

(see the answer key)

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