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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Eteocles go to prepare for war?
(a) The caves.
(b) The meadow.
(c) Argos.
(d) Council Chambers.

3. The Chorus briefly gives in to fear and imagines what will happen to the city if what occurs?
(a) The enemy wins.
(b) They join the army.
(c) The enemy loses.
(d) The enemy never shows.

4. Traditionally, women are more concerned with _________.
(a) Raising the children.
(b) Their appearance.
(c) Their social standing.
(d) What happens after the battle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The theme of these legends is that giving in to human passion creates _________.

2. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"

3. Who kills Oedipus' adopted father in the Background section of the play?

4. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve parents and children doing what?

5. Where does Polyneices go to marry a princess?

(see the answer key)

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