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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening of the Background, Laius has kidnapped, assaulted and murdered ______ son?
(a) Eteocles'.
(b) Oedipus'.
(c) Pelops'.
(d) Polyneices'.

2. What is a Spinx?
(a) Half-man, half-lion.
(b) Half-woman, half-goat.
(c) Half-woman, half-lion.
(d) Half-man, half-horse.

3. The Chorus of Women represents ___________.
(a) The city.
(b) The universe.
(c) The army.
(d) The country.

4. Eteocles tells the men that the battle has ______.
(a) Gone badly.
(b) Hasn't started.
(c) Is over.
(d) Gone well.

5. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.
(a) Play.
(b) Audience.
(c) World.
(d) Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the two plays leading up to "Seven Against Thebes" named?

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

4. Who punishes Laius for kidnapping and murdering his friend's son?

5. Where does Eteocles go to prepare for war?

(see the answer key)

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