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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laius do to baby Oedipus after hearing the Oracle foretell Oedipus' future?
(a) He cursed the baby.
(b) He injured the baby's feet.
(c) He blinded the baby.
(d) He killed the baby.

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

3. As punishment for his crime, if Laius fathered any children, what would happen to the city of Thebes?
(a) It would rule all nations.
(b) It would be safe.
(c) It would be destroyed.
(d) It would be infested.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who solves the Riddle of the Spinx?

2. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.

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

4. The people of Thebes regard Oedipus as a ________.

5. Who conspires to kill Oedipus at the end of the Background section?

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