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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eteocles compare his position to?
(a) A ring leader.
(b) A Master.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A Captain of a ship.

2. Men see the act of combat as _________.
(a) Duty.
(b) Horrifying.
(c) Glorious.
(d) Gruesome.

3. What imagery does the Chorus use to illustrate the situation of Eteocles and his family?
(a) A ship.
(b) The waves.
(c) The throne.
(d) The ocean.

4. Who is the third general described as leading a cavalry of horses, which makes an arrogant, inhuman noise?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Eteoklos.
(c) Amphiaraos.
(d) Kapaneus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Women see the act of combat as something that causes ___________.

2. _______ rescues Oedipus and raises him to adulthood.

3. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.

4. The particular legend of "Seven Against Thebes" resembles what other type of legends?

5. Who represents Eteocles' own blindness and bad judgment?

(see the answer key)

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