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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Plays performed in ancient Greece highlight all of the following aspects of city life, except _____.
(a) Social life.
(b) Religious life.
(c) Cultural life.
(d) Private life.

2. Who does Eteocles call upon to fight to protect the land and the city of Thebes?
(a) Everyone.
(b) The man.
(c) The woman.
(d) The children.

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) How should the army fight.
(d) Where they should go if the city is destroyed.

4. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ his mother.
(a) Betray.
(b) Marry..
(c) Blind.
(d) Kill.

5. What is another name for the manifestation of the Curse of Oedipus?
(a) The Blind.
(b) The Fury.
(c) The Scary.
(d) The Oracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Seven Against Thebes is structured in what form?

2. What is the name of Laius' son?

3. What is a Spinx?

4. Human beings are metaphorically represented by ________.

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

(see the answer key)

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