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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who runs on with news that the seven powerful generals of the attacking army have performed a blood sacrifice?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) A scout.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) A blacksmith.

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

3. Who persuades his father-in-law to join with him and win the throne of Thebes by force?
(a) Laius.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Ismene.

4. Who is "unmoved by the sound of snorting horses?"
(a) Megareus.
(b) Eteoklos.
(c) Polyphontes.
(d) Oedipus.

5. Who does Eteocles express his disgust with in Part 2 of the play?
(a) King of Argos.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) His army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Laius' son?

2. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"

3. What is the name of a group of individual actors speaking with the thoughts, emotions, and reactions of a single character?

4. Who is the King of Thebes at the opening of part 1?

5. In the opening of the Background, Laius has kidnapped, assaulted and murdered ______ son?

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