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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The particular legend of "Seven Against Thebes" resembles what other type of legends?
(a) Roman.
(b) American.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Greek.

3. What is a Spinx?
(a) Half-woman, half-lion.
(b) Half-woman, half-goat.
(c) Half-man, half-horse.
(d) Half-man, half-lion.

4. Who solves the Riddle of the Spinx?
(a) Laius.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Polyneices.

5. The Chorus refers to the attacks against the city of Thebes as _______.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Trees.
(c) Waves.
(d) Sand.

6. Who does Eteocles call upon to fight to protect the land and the city of Thebes?
(a) The woman.
(b) Everyone.
(c) The man.
(d) The children.

7. To go against the will of the gods, or to make them angry, is to risk destruction. This is considered the _____ of the play.
(a) Moral.
(b) Plot.
(c) Scene.
(d) Theme.

8. Where does Polyneices go to marry a princess?
(a) Greece.
(b) The Spinx.
(c) The Oracle.
(d) Argos.

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

10. The theme of these legends also states that the after-effects can last for generations, which means it's better to listen to the will of __________.
(a) Their ancestors.
(b) Their parents.
(c) The gods.
(d) Themselves.

11. How many Gates of Thebes are there?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

12. Eteocles tells the men that the battle has ______.
(a) Gone well.
(b) Is over.
(c) Hasn't started.
(d) Gone badly.

13. _______ rescues Oedipus and raises him to adulthood.
(a) A farmer.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Ismene.
(d) A fisherman.

14. Who says, "Their reports will save me from all traps and deceptions?"
(a) Eteocles.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) A Scout.
(d) The Fury.

15. Whose appearance and description of the armies is a typical device of classical Greek theatre?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The blacksmith.
(c) The Scout.
(d) The king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The women of Thebes pray to the gods to remember their faithfulness and protect them so they can continue to do what?

3. The image of Thebes is of a ________.

4. When Oedipus' crimes are revealed, what happens to Jocasta?

5. Who conspires to kill Oedipus at the end of the Background section?

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