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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Spinx?
(a) Half-woman, half-lion.
(b) Half-man, half-horse.
(c) Half-woman, half-goat.
(d) Half-man, half-lion.

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

3. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.
(a) Fable.
(b) Crime.
(c) Story.
(d) Resistance.

4. What is the name of the prophet that has foreseen the armies of Argos attacking Thebes soon?
(a) The Oracle.
(b) The Fury.
(c) Teiresias.
(d) Eteocles.

5. 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 ancestors.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their parents.
(d) The gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. The imagery in general represents a basic element of the Greek philosophy of ________.

2. What is the name of a group of individual actors speaking with the thoughts, emotions, and reactions of a single character?

3. Who does Eteocles call upon to fight to protect the land and the city of Thebes?

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

5. In the opening of the Background, Laius has kidnapped, assaulted and murdered ______ son?

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