View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as a captain who deserves praise for never letting his "ship" sink or crash on the rocks?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) The generals.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Laius.

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

3. What news does the Scout return to Eteocles with in the beginning of part 3?
(a) The armies just left the gate of Thebes.
(b) The armies have turned away from the gates of Thebes.
(c) The armies are outside the gates of Thebes.
(d) The armies are on their way to the gates of Thebes.

4. When Oedipus' crimes are revealed, what happens to Jocasta?
(a) She blinds herself.
(b) She becomes ruler of Thebes.
(c) She commits suicide.
(d) She is murdered.

5. Who does Eteocles send to face the third general?
(a) Hippomedon.
(b) Hekate.
(c) Dikes.
(d) Megareus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eteocles compare his position to?

2. What type of violation is used to describe women seeing their husbands, sons, and brothers killed?

3. Who appears and gathers around the bodies of Eteocles and Polyneices, preparing to take them away?

4. Human beings are metaphorically represented by ________.

5. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 236 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample