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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Series.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Trilogy.

2. Who urges Eteocles not to "take on the violence of your brother?"
(a) Dike.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Ismene.
(d) Antigone.

3. Eteocles vows not to be afraid of Tydeus and does all of the following except:
(a) Charges Tydeus with blindness .
(b) Charges Tydeus with deafness.
(c) Charges Tydeus with bad judgement.
(d) Ridicules the prophet.

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

5. What is the name of a group of individual actors speaking with the thoughts, emotions, and reactions of a single character?
(a) The Scout.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) The Joker.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As punishment for his crime, if Laius fathered any children, what would happen to the city of Thebes?

3. Who is Jocasta?

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

5. Who promises to "bring this man [Polyneices] to his harbor, and he shall enjoy his father's city?"

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