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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Eteocles' soldiers.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Eteocles.

2. 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) Parthenopaios.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Kapaneus.

3. How is Aktor related to Hyperbios?
(a) They are brothers.
(b) They are cousins.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They are brothers-in-law.

4. 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) Physical.
(d) Intellectual.

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

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

7. Who is the young general with an almost feminine beauty but a vicious temper?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Hyperbios.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Parthenopaios.

8. Who prays to the gods to guide and inspire Eteocles' generals to victory?
(a) The Scout.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) The Chorus.
(d) Eteocles.

9. What news does the Scout return to Eteocles with in the beginning of part 3?
(a) The armies just left the gate of Thebes.
(b) The armies are on their way to the gates of Thebes.
(c) The armies are outside the gates of Thebes.
(d) The armies have turned away from the gates of Thebes.

10. Who does Eteocles send to face the third general?
(a) Hippomedon.
(b) Hekate.
(c) Megareus.
(d) Dikes.

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

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

13. The principle contrast in Part 2 represents traditional male and female differences in the thought about __________.
(a) Voting.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) War.

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

15. Traditionally, males are more concerned with _______.
(a) Their social standing.
(b) Their children.
(c) Battle itself.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, what are the Gods a source of?

2. Who is the goddess of justice?

3. Scout describes all of the following, in the beginning of part 3, to Eteocles 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 instructs the Chorus to pray for ________ instead of safety?

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