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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Amphiaraos is all of the following except:
(a) The 6th general.
(b) The oldest general.
(c) The one who wanted to call of the attack.
(d) A prophet.

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

3. The Chorus formally pray to Zeus and the other gods, asking them _____________.
(a) Who is going to win the battle.
(b) Who is going to be the new king.
(c) Where they should go if the city is destroyed.
(d) How should the army fight.

4. Traditionally, women are more concerned with _________.
(a) Their appearance.
(b) Raising the children.
(c) What happens after the battle.
(d) Their social standing.

5. What literary form does the Chorus use to describe the destruction and violation of the city's moral?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Farce.
(c) Prose.
(d) Burlesque.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eteocles' and Oedipus' story is playing out the curse originally laid on ___________.

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

3. Who vows to either kill Eteocles or drive him into exile?

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

5. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"

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