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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eteocles reaction was so extreme to whom because of his angry determination to save and protect the city?
(a) His army.
(b) The women.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) King of Argos.

2. The principle contrast in Part 2 represents traditional male and female differences in the thought about __________.
(a) Politics.
(b) War.
(c) Economics.
(d) Voting.

3. Who does Eteocles express his disgust with in Part 2 of the play?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) His army.
(c) King of Argos.
(d) Polyneices.

4. Imagery is used throughout the play to describe the _______ of women.
(a) Presence.
(b) Demand.
(c) Violation.
(d) Possession.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is nicknamed "Killer of many?"

2. What does the Chorus do when they hear the sounds of attack from outside the walls?

3. Because of Eteocles' suggestion of what the Chorus should pray about, they begin to pray about what?

4. Traditionally, males are more concerned with _______.

5. The image of Thebes is of a ________.

(see the answer key)

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