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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the prophet that has foreseen the armies of Argos attacking Thebes soon?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Oracle.
(d) Teiresias.

2. What type of violation is used to describe women seeing their husbands, sons, and brothers killed?
(a) Biological.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Physical.

3. What is the setting of the play?
(a) America.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Greece.
(d) Arabia.

4. When Oedipus' crimes are revealed, what happens to Jocasta?
(a) She commits suicide.
(b) She blinds herself.
(c) She becomes ruler of Thebes.
(d) She is murdered.

5. What is the name of a group of individual actors speaking with the thoughts, emotions, and reactions of a single character?
(a) The Joker.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) The Scout.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ his mother.

3. After Oedipus' death, who rules the city of Thebes?

4. Who runs on with news that the seven powerful generals of the attacking army have performed a blood sacrifice?

5. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.

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