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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who vows to either kill Eteocles or drive him into exile?
(a) Parthenopaios.
(b) Tydeus.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Kapaneus.

2. What is on Kapaneus' shield?
(a) A man armed with a torch.
(b) A man armed with a club.
(c) A man armed with a bow and arrow.
(d) A man armed with a sword.

3. The women of Thebes pray to the gods to remember their faithfulness and protect them so they can continue to do what?
(a) Worship.
(b) Raise children.
(c) Work.
(d) Provide for their family.

4. What is the name of the prophet that has foreseen the armies of Argos attacking Thebes soon?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) The Oracle.
(c) The Fury.
(d) Teiresias.

5. Who says, "When they are brave, they are insolent and intolerable, and when they are frightened, they are rash and dangerous?"
(a) Eteocles' soldiers.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) The Chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Aktor related to Hyperbios?

2. What emblem is on Tydeus' shield?

3. Who does Eteocle appoint as the last and head general?

4. The Chorus briefly gives in to fear and imagines what will happen to the city if what occurs?

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

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