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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two plays leading up to "Seven Against Thebes" named?
(a) Polyneices and Eteocles.
(b) Ismene and Antigone.
(c) The Oracle and The Spinx.
(d) Laius and Oedipus.

2. Who runs on with news that the seven powerful generals of the attacking army have performed a blood sacrifice?
(a) A scout.
(b) A blacksmith.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) A carpenter.

3. What is the setting of the play?
(a) Greece.
(b) Thebes.
(c) America.
(d) Arabia.

4. The theme of these legends also states that the after-effects can last for generations, which means it's better to listen to the will of __________.
(a) The gods.
(b) Their parents.
(c) Their ancestors.
(d) Themselves.

5. _______ rescues Oedipus and raises him to adulthood.
(a) A farmer.
(b) Ismene.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) Jocasta.

6. What is the name of a group of individual actors speaking with the thoughts, emotions, and reactions of a single character?
(a) The Joker.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) The Messenger.
(d) The Scout.

7. Laius is regarded as a _______ in the city of Thebes.
(a) Mastermind.
(b) Nobleman.
(c) Hero.
(d) Tyrant.

8. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.
(a) Trilogy.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Tragedy.
(d) Series.

9. Who persuades his father-in-law to join with him and win the throne of Thebes by force?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Laius.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Eteocles.

10. What is the name of the prophet that has foreseen the armies of Argos attacking Thebes soon?
(a) Teiresias.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Oracle.
(d) Eteocles.

11. The Chorus refers to the attacks against the city of Thebes as _______.
(a) Sand.
(b) Waves.
(c) Trees.
(d) Clouds.

12. Eteocles tells the men that the battle has ______.
(a) Hasn't started.
(b) Gone well.
(c) Gone badly.
(d) Is over.

13. The particular legend of "Seven Against Thebes" resembles what other type of legends?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) American.
(c) Roman.
(d) Greek.

14. The image of Thebes is of a ________.
(a) Teenager.
(b) Child.
(c) Man.
(d) Woman.

15. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.
(a) Play.
(b) World.
(c) Audience.
(d) Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Laius' son?

2. The story that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on is part of their background as a ____________.

3. What is a Spinx?

4. Who does Eteocles pray to in the beginning of part 1?

5. Who is the King of Thebes at the opening of part 1?

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