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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who vows to either kill Eteocles or drive him into exile?
(a) Kapaneus.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Tydeus.

2. The principle contrast in Part 2 is between what two objects?
(a) Animals.
(b) Smell.
(c) Tastes.
(d) Noise.

3. Who is the oldest and more experienced general in Eteocles' army?
(a) Dike.
(b) Aktor.
(c) Lasthenes.
(d) Amphiaraos.

4. Who does Eteocle appoint as the last and head general?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Himself.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) Polyneices.

5. Eteocles' story and actions echo the story and actions of which other story?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Laius.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) King of Argos.

6. The Chorus uses all of the following likening the destruction and violation of the city to the destruction and violation of a woman except:
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Moral.
(c) Intellectual.
(d) Physical.

7. What emblem is on Tydeus' shield?
(a) Spinx.
(b) Typhon.
(c) Hekate.
(d) Fury.

8. According to the Chorus, what are the Gods a source of?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hope.

9. Who represents the voice of reason and faithfulness that Eteocles should have been listening to?
(a) Parthenopaios.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Eteoklos.
(d) Amphiaraos.

10. Who does Eteocles consider a "loyal and true son of Thebes?"
(a) Amphiaraos.
(b) Hyperbios.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Hippomedon.

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

12. Who represents Eteocles' own blindness and bad judgment?
(a) Tydeus.
(b) The mind.
(c) The Spinx.
(d) The soul.

13. What is the name of the fire-breathing monster on the 4th general's shield?
(a) Typhon.
(b) Ox.
(c) Spinx.
(d) Dragon.

14. The Chorus formally pray to Zeus and the other gods, asking them _____________.
(a) How should the army fight.
(b) Who is going to win the battle.
(c) Who is going to be the new king.
(d) Where they should go if the city is destroyed.

15. How many generals does Eteocle plan to appoint to face their enemies?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who represents the way that Eteocles has followed his own will which he honors more than he honors the will of the gods?

2. Traditionally, males are more concerned with _______.

3. To try to escape the will of the gods is considered ___________.

4. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"

5. The Chorus briefly gives in to fear and imagines what will happen to the city if what occurs?

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