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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a lament?
(a) A poem about relationships.
(b) A poem about grief.
(c) A poem about life.
(d) A poem about joy.

2. Who states, "if the gods [demand] evil, no man can evade it?"
(a) Eteocles.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) The Chorus.

3. What symbol is on Amphiaraos' shield?
(a) A Dove.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Typhon.
(d) The Spinx.

4. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Eteocles' soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the second general that says that he will destroy the city whether it is the gods' will or not?

2. What is on Kapaneus' shield?

3. Imagery throughout the play is based on ________.

4. What will happen to the body of Polyneices?

5. Traditionally, males are more concerned with _______.

(see the answer key)

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