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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. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.
(a) World.
(b) Audience.
(c) Play.
(d) Chorus.

2. What is the original language of the play "Seven Against Thebes?"
(a) Islamic.
(b) Greek.
(c) Arabic.
(d) English.

3. The Chorus refers to the attacks against the city of Thebes as _______.
(a) Trees.
(b) Sand.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Waves.

4. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.
(a) Series.
(b) Comedy.
(c) Trilogy.
(d) Tragedy.

5. Who is the King of Thebes in the beginning of the Background?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Laius.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Eteocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eteocles is urged to do what by the scout?

2. Human beings are metaphorically represented by ________.

3. Whose appearance and description of the armies is a typical device of classical Greek theatre?

4. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.

5. The story that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on is part of their background as a ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Chorus use their senses to illustrate their fears of the war?

2. What is the significance of the seventh battle?

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

4. Describe the overall mood of part 2.

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

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

7. In part 1 of the play, who describes the imagery of the waves? What do the waves represent?

8. What threat does Eteocles give to the citizens of Thebes? Why do you think Eteocles threatens the citizens?

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

10. Why do you think Eteocles makes no comment regarding the attacking general Eteoklos but immediately sends out his general?

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