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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Oedipus' death, who rules the city of Thebes?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Antigone.

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

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

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

5. Who does Eteocles pray to in the beginning of part 1?
(a) Antigone.
(b) The Scout.
(c) God.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Their reports will save me from all traps and deceptions?"

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

3. What does Laius do to baby Oedipus after hearing the Oracle foretell Oedipus' future?

4. The image of Thebes is considered the ______ of its citizens.

5. In the opening of the Background, Laius has kidnapped, assaulted and murdered ______ son?

(see the answer key)

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