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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the goddess of justice?

3. What does Eteocles suggest the Chorus pray about?

4. Who exclaims, "Their breasts exposed to the conqueror's view?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the idea of blindness and bad judgment in the play Seven Against Thebes.

Essay Topic 2

What role does religion and prayer play in Seven Against Thebes? Give a detailed example.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the concept of fear as presented in the play. Describe the Chorus' fear. Is their fear justified?

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