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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who vows to either kill Eteocles or drive him into exile?
(a) Polyneices.
(b) Parthenopaios.
(c) Tydeus.
(d) Kapaneus.

2. Who is the young general with an almost feminine beauty but a vicious temper?
(a) Hyperbios.
(b) Tydeus.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Polyneices.

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

4. Who is the oldest and more experienced general in Eteocles' army?
(a) Lasthenes.
(b) Amphiaraos.
(c) Dike.
(d) Aktor.

5. Why is Tydeus forbidden to cross the river?
(a) It's against his religion.
(b) The omens aren't good.
(c) He can't swim.
(d) He doesn't have a ship.

6. Traditionally, males are more concerned with _______.
(a) Women.
(b) Their social standing.
(c) Battle itself.
(d) Their children.

7. 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) How should the army fight.
(d) Who is going to be the new king.

8. Whose shield bears the image of a man climbing a ladder and shouting that not even Ares will knock him off it?
(a) Eteoklos.
(b) Kapaneus.
(c) Hyperbios.
(d) Polyneices.

9. What is on Kapaneus' shield?
(a) A man armed with a bow and arrow.
(b) A man armed with a club.
(c) A man armed with a sword.
(d) A man armed with a torch.

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

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

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

13. Who is the third general described as leading a cavalry of horses, which makes an arrogant, inhuman noise?
(a) Amphiaraos.
(b) Eteoklos.
(c) Kapaneus.
(d) Typhon.

14. Who is the fourth general the Scout describes as constantly shouting out his war cry and acting almost insane with blood lust?
(a) Hippomedon.
(b) Melanippus.
(c) Parthenopaios.
(d) Megareus.

15. Eteocles and the Chorus express themselves through which literary element?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Irony.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eteocles try to calm the Chorus in Part 2?

2. Eteocles instructs the Chorus to pray for ________ instead of safety?

3. Eteocles' refusal to respect his agreement with Polyneices indicates his desire to ___________.

4. Who does Eteocles send to face Tydeus?

5. What imagery does the Chorus use to illustrate the situation of Eteocles and his family?

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