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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who vows to either kill Eteocles or drive him into exile?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Parthenopaios.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Kapaneus.

2. Who is the young general with an almost feminine beauty but a vicious temper?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Hyperbios.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Parthenopaios.

3. Eteocles and the Chorus express themselves through which literary element?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Personification.
(c) Irony.
(d) Allusion.

4. Who kills Oedipus' adopted father in the Background section of the play?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Laius.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) Polyneices.

5. Who does the King of Thebes address in the city?
(a) Working citizens.
(b) Women citizens.
(c) Male citizens.
(d) All citizens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eteocles send to face Tydeus?

2. Who is nicknamed "Killer of many?"

3. What is the name of the fire-breathing monster on the 4th general's shield?

4. Why does the Chorus say that they come to the square to pray?

5. The imagery in general represents a basic element of the Greek philosophy of ________.

(see the answer key)

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