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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eteocles suggest the Chorus pray about?
(a) That the walls remain standing.
(b) That the war will end soon.
(c) That his army will grow.
(d) That the children remain safe.

2. What imagery does the Chorus use to illustrate the situation of Eteocles and his family?
(a) A ship.
(b) The waves.
(c) The throne.
(d) The ocean.

3. Whose shield bears the image of a man climbing a ladder and shouting that not even Ares will knock him off it?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Eteoklos.
(d) Hyperbios.

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

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

6. Who does Eteocles promise to put in prison if they do not obey him and bravely face the danger of war?
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Women.
(d) Any citizen.

7. How does Eteocles try to calm the Chorus in Part 2?
(a) He tells them to get out of Thebes.
(b) He tells them all is well.
(c) He doesn't.
(d) He gives them a formal prayer to offer the gods.

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

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

10. Men see the act of combat as _________.
(a) Gruesome.
(b) Horrifying.
(c) Glorious.
(d) Duty.

11. Who is the fourth general the Scout describes as constantly shouting out his war cry and acting almost insane with blood lust?
(a) Megareus.
(b) Melanippus.
(c) Hippomedon.
(d) Parthenopaios.

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

13. What does the Chorus do when they hear the sounds of attack from outside the walls?
(a) They panic.
(b) They hide their children.
(c) They go tell Eteocles.
(d) They run away.

14. What is on Kapaneus' shield?
(a) A man armed with a torch.
(b) A man armed with a sword.
(c) A man armed with a bow and arrow.
(d) A man armed with a club.

15. Eteocles' refusal to respect his agreement with Polyneices indicates his desire to ___________.
(a) Anger his brother.
(b) Possess and control the city.
(c) Have world domination.
(d) Disown his brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the third general described as leading a cavalry of horses, which makes an arrogant, inhuman noise?

2. "White haired" women, "housewives," and young virgins are all described to be ___________.

3. Who is the oldest and more experienced general in Eteocles' army?

4. Who says, "The sins of the father [are] visited upon the son?"

5. Eteocles instructs the Chorus to pray for ________ instead of safety?

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