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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Eteocles try to calm the Chorus in Part 2?
(a) He gives them a formal prayer to offer the gods.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) He tells them to get out of Thebes.
(d) He tells them all is well.

2. Whose shield bears the image of a man climbing a ladder and shouting that not even Ares will knock him off it?
(a) Eteoklos.
(b) Hyperbios.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Kapaneus.

3. Who represents the way that Eteocles has followed his own will which he honors more than he honors the will of the gods?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Amphiaraos.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Kapaneus.

4. Who does Eteocles pray to in the beginning of part 1?
(a) The Scout.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Antigone.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many generals does Eteocle plan to appoint to face their enemies?

2. Who states, "if the gods [demand] evil, no man can evade it?"

3. What type of violation is used to describe women seeing their husbands, sons, and brothers killed?

4. Human beings are metaphorically represented by ________.

5. What news does the Scout return to Eteocles with in the beginning of part 3?

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