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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Polyneices go to marry a princess?
(a) Greece.
(b) Argos.
(c) The Oracle.
(d) The Spinx.

5. Who is Jocasta?
(a) Polyneices' wife.
(b) Laius' daughter.
(c) Oedipus' sister.
(d) Oedipus' wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Spinx?

2. Plays in ancient Greece are produced as part of what type of ceremony?

3. When Oedipus' crimes are revealed, what happens to Jocasta?

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

5. The particular legend of "Seven Against Thebes" resembles what other type of legends?

(see the answer key)

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