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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is an ode?
(a) A poetic song.
(b) A poetic Euphony.
(c) A poetic foil.
(d) A poetic metaphor.

3. Who does Eteocles send to face Tydeus?
(a) Parthenopaios.
(b) Megareus.
(c) Eteoklos.
(d) Melanippus.

4. Who represents the way that Eteocles has followed his own will which he honors more than he honors the will of the gods?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Parthenopaios.
(c) Kapaneus.
(d) Amphiaraos.

5. Who promises to "bring this man [Polyneices] to his harbor, and he shall enjoy his father's city?"
(a) Ismene.
(b) Aktor.
(c) Dike.
(d) Antigone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Eteocles accuse of bringing down the city's morale?

2. The Chorus uses all of the following likening the destruction and violation of the city to the destruction and violation of a woman except:

3. What is on Parthenopaios' shield?

4. What imagery does the Chorus use to illustrate the situation of Eteocles and his family?

5. Who states, "if the gods [demand] evil, no man can evade it?"

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