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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who punishes Laius for kidnapping and murdering his friend's son?
(a) King of Argos.
(b) The Oracle of Apollo.
(c) King of Thebes.
(d) The Spinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the genre of Seven Against Thebes?

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

3. What does Eteocles compare his position to?

4. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"

5. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.

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