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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women see the act of combat as something that causes ___________.
(a) Joy.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Pride.
(d) Pain.

2. Who does Eteocles consider a "loyal and true son of Thebes?"
(a) Hyperbios.
(b) Hippomedon.
(c) Amphiaraos.
(d) Tydeus.

3. Traditionally, women are more concerned with _________.
(a) Their appearance.
(b) Their social standing.
(c) What happens after the battle.
(d) Raising the children.

4. The Chorus formally pray to Zeus and the other gods, asking them _____________.
(a) Where they should go if the city is destroyed.
(b) Who is going to win the battle.
(c) Who is going to be the new king.
(d) How should the army fight.

5. The theme of the play is based on what two stories?
(a) Laius and Oedipus.
(b) Oedipus and Polyneices.
(c) Eteocles and Polyneices.
(d) Oedipus and Eteocles.

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

7. Who does Eteocles send to face Tydeus?
(a) Melanippus.
(b) Megareus.
(c) Eteoklos.
(d) Parthenopaios.

8. Eteocles reaction was so extreme to whom because of his angry determination to save and protect the city?
(a) King of Argos.
(b) His army.
(c) Polyneices.
(d) The women.

9. Who is the second general that says that he will destroy the city whether it is the gods' will or not?
(a) Polyphontes.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Eteoklos.
(d) Melanippus.

10. How does Eteocles try to calm the Chorus in Part 2?
(a) He gives them a formal prayer to offer the gods.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) He tells them to get out of Thebes.
(d) He tells them all is well.

11. Who does Eteocle appoint as the last and head general?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Polyneices.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) Himself.

12. Who promises to "bring this man [Polyneices] to his harbor, and he shall enjoy his father's city?"
(a) Ismene.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Aktor.
(d) Dike.

13. What term does Eteocles and the Chorus use to describe the city of Thebes?
(a) Maternal.
(b) Mental.
(c) Material.
(d) Fraternal.

14. The principle contrast in Part 2 is between what two objects?
(a) Animals.
(b) Smell.
(c) Noise.
(d) Tastes.

15. What symbol is on Amphiaraos' shield?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Typhon.
(c) A Dove.
(d) The Spinx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eteocles accuse the Chorus of being?

2. Who is the second general Eteocles sends out?

3. Who urges Eteocles not to "take on the violence of your brother?"

4. The Chorus uses all of the following likening the destruction and violation of the city to the destruction and violation of a woman except:

5. Whose shield bears the image of a man climbing a ladder and shouting that not even Ares will knock him off it?

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