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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who promises to "bring this man [Polyneices] to his harbor, and he shall enjoy his father's city?"
(a) Aktor.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Dike.

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

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

5. Who is nicknamed "Killer of many?"
(a) Parthenopaios.
(b) Polyphontes.
(c) Kapaneus.
(d) Eteoklos.

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

7. Who is the second general Eteocles sends out?
(a) Polyphontes.
(b) Lasthenes.
(c) Hippomedon.
(d) Megareus.

8. Who is the third general described as leading a cavalry of horses, which makes an arrogant, inhuman noise?
(a) Amphiaraos.
(b) Eteoklos.
(c) Kapaneus.
(d) Typhon.

9. Eteocles explains that praying is not the problem of the Chorus, but the way they are praying since they are praying for what?
(a) The safety of themselves.
(b) The safety of their husbands.
(c) The safety of Eteocles.
(d) The safety of the children.

10. Who represents the way that Eteocles has followed his own will which he honors more than he honors the will of the gods?
(a) Amphiaraos.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Polyneices.

11. Who is the goddess of justice?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Dike.
(c) Aktor.
(d) Zeus.

12. Why does the Chorus say that they come to the square to pray?
(a) So the Gods can fight the enemies.
(b) So the Gods will protect the women.
(c) So the Gods can defend their city.
(d) So the Gods will protect Eteocles.

13. Who is Tydeus?
(a) Eteocles' general.
(b) The 1st enemy general.
(c) The son of Thebes.
(d) A giant.

14. What is on Parthenopaios' shield?
(a) The Fury.
(b) The Spinx.
(c) The Typhon.
(d) The Oracle.

15. Who represents Eteocles' stubbornness while his shield represents Eteocles' passions?
(a) Tydeus.
(b) Eteoklos.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Kapaneus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is on Kapaneus' shield?

3. The Chorus uses all of the following likening the destruction and violation of the city to the destruction and violation of a woman except:

4. Whose shield bears the image of a man climbing a ladder and shouting that not even Ares will knock him off it?

5. Eteocles and the Chorus express themselves through which literary element?

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