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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the King of Thebes in the beginning of the Background?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Laius.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Oedipus.

2. _______ rescues Oedipus and raises him to adulthood.
(a) A fisherman.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Jocasta.
(d) A farmer.

3. Who punishes Laius for kidnapping and murdering his friend's son?
(a) King of Argos.
(b) King of Thebes.
(c) The Spinx.
(d) The Oracle of Apollo.

4. Who conspires to kill Oedipus at the end of the Background section?
(a) King of Argos.
(b) Eteocles and Polyneices.
(c) The Spinx.
(d) Ismene.

5. Who persuades his father-in-law to join with him and win the throne of Thebes by force?
(a) Laius.
(b) Ismene.
(c) Eteocles.
(d) Polyneices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve parents and children doing what?

2. What is a Spinx?

3. Laius is regarded as a _______ in the city of Thebes.

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

5. What are the two plays leading up to "Seven Against Thebes" named?

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