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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plays performed in ancient Greece highlight all of the following aspects of city life, except _____.
(a) Religious life.
(b) Private life.
(c) Social life.
(d) Cultural life.

2. Human beings are metaphorically represented by ________.
(a) Ships.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) The Ocean.
(d) Castles.

3. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ his mother.
(a) Marry..
(b) Betray.
(c) Blind.
(d) Kill.

4. Who runs on with news that the seven powerful generals of the attacking army have performed a blood sacrifice?
(a) A carpenter.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A scout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for the Scout?

2. The Chorus refers to the attacks against the city of Thebes as _______.

3. Who does Eteocles pray to in the beginning of part 1?

4. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"

5. At the end of the first year, what does Eteocles refused to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would the audience of this play find it ironic that Antigone and Ismene lived in the prospering city of Thebes?

2. According to the Chorus, how are old women and young virgins equal victims for the attacking army?

3. Is Antigone just in her actions to give Polyneices a proper burial? Explain.

4. What is the significance of Amphiaraos' shield?

5. How does Eteocles view women, especially the Chorus?

6. Compare and contrast Eteocles' feelings to for his city to how he actually treats his city.

7. What is the significance of having statues of the Greek gods physically on set?

8. What is the significance of the fifth general possessing the shield that has a picture of the Sphinx?

9. Why does the Chorus give an ode at the end of part 3?

10. What is a dirge? Who says the dirge and for what reason was it used?

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