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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Eteocles pray to in the beginning of part 1?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Antigone.
(c) God.
(d) The Scout.

2. Whose influence is now fading because of the deaths of Eteocles and Polyneices?
(a) The Fury.
(b) The Spinx.
(c) Ares.
(d) Hekate.

3. Women see the act of combat as something that causes ___________.
(a) Joy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Pain.

4. Wordless cries blend with poetic language telling the story of how Eteocles and Polyneices finally struck down ___________.
(a) Each other.
(b) The city.
(c) The Fury.
(d) The Chorus.

5. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.
(a) Fable.
(b) Crime.
(c) Story.
(d) Resistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eteocles try to calm the Chorus in Part 2?

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

3. Eteocles explains that praying is not the problem of the Chorus, but the way they are praying since they are praying for what?

4. What term does Eteocles and the Chorus use to describe the city of Thebes?

5. Being buried without ceremony was considered ___________, in the time of this story.

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