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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To go against the will of the gods, or to make them angry, is to risk destruction. This is considered the _____ of the play.
(a) Plot.
(b) Theme.
(c) Scene.
(d) Moral.

2. Whose appearance and description of the armies is a typical device of classical Greek theatre?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The king.
(c) The Scout.
(d) The blacksmith.

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

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

5. Any citizen in the _____ would know the story, or myth, that "Seven Against Thebes" is based on.
(a) Chorus.
(b) Play.
(c) Audience.
(d) World.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the first year, what does Eteocles refused to do?

2. What is the name of the prophet that has foreseen the armies of Argos attacking Thebes soon?

3. Plays based on Greek legend tend to be very _____.

4. Who is the King of Thebes at the opening of part 1?

5. After Oedipus' death, who rules the city of Thebes?

(see the answer key)

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