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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The play "Seven Agaist Thebes" is the third in a _______ of plays.
(a) Trilogy.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Comedy.
(d) Series.

2. What are the two plays leading up to "Seven Against Thebes" named?
(a) Ismene and Antigone.
(b) Polyneices and Eteocles.
(c) The Oracle and The Spinx.
(d) Laius and Oedipus.

3. The theme of these legends also states that the after-effects can last for generations, which means it's better to listen to the will of __________.
(a) Their parents.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their ancestors.
(d) The gods.

4. Who kills Oedipus' adopted father in the Background section of the play?
(a) Eteocles.
(b) Laius.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Jocasta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jocasta?

2. Who solves the Riddle of the Spinx?

3. The story that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on is part of their background as a ____________.

4. Who persuades his father-in-law to join with him and win the throne of Thebes by force?

5. The Oracle foretells Laius that Oedipus would one day ______ him.

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