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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The women of Thebes pray to the gods to remember their faithfulness and protect them so they can continue to do what?
(a) Raise children.
(b) Worship.
(c) Work.
(d) Provide for their family.

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

3. Which of the following is not a fear of the women of Thebes?
(a) Death.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Disease.
(d) Rape.

4. Plays performed in ancient Greece highlight all of the following aspects of city life, except _____.
(a) Religious life.
(b) Cultural life.
(c) Social life.
(d) Private life.

5. Where does Polyneices go to marry a princess?
(a) Argos.
(b) The Oracle.
(c) Greece.
(d) The Spinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. Imagery throughout the play is based on ________.

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

3. What is another name for the manifestation of the Curse of Oedipus?

4. Who does Eteocles call upon to fight to protect the land and the city of Thebes?

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

(see the answer key)

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