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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.
(a) Comedy.
(b) Trilogy.
(c) Series.
(d) Tragedy.

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

3. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.
(a) Fable.
(b) Resistance.
(c) Crime.
(d) Story.

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

5. The theme of these legends is that giving in to human passion creates _________.
(a) Suffering.
(b) Joy.
(c) Love..
(d) Peace..

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Spinx?

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

3. Plays performed in ancient Greece highlight all of the following aspects of city life, except _____.

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

5. The belief system of ancient Greece is that existence depends upon _____, or the will of the gods?

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