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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who represents the way that Eteocles has followed his own will which he honors more than he honors the will of the gods?
(a) Parthenopaios.
(b) Amphiaraos.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) Kapaneus.

3. Amphiaraos is all of the following except:
(a) The oldest general.
(b) The one who wanted to call of the attack.
(c) A prophet.
(d) The 6th general.

4. Men see the act of combat as _________.
(a) Horrifying.
(b) Duty.
(c) Gruesome.
(d) Glorious.

5. The Chorus briefly gives in to fear and imagines what will happen to the city if what occurs?
(a) The enemy wins.
(b) The enemy loses.
(c) They join the army.
(d) The enemy never shows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plays performed in ancient Greece highlight all of the following aspects of city life, except _____.

2. Who does the King of Thebes address in the city?

3. What symbol is on Amphiaraos' shield?

4. Plays based on Greek legend usually involve a generation after generation repeating a ______.

5. Eteocles' and Oedipus' story is playing out the curse originally laid on ___________.

(see the answer key)

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