Question 1

Polynices is seen here bribing _______ with the necklace of Harmonia.

Accepted Answer

A)  Antiopê 
B)  Dircê 
C)  Ismenê 
D)  Eriphylê 
A)  Antiopê 
B)  Dircê 
C)  Ismenê 
D)  Eriphylê D

Question 2

The Sparti are the "_______," and ancestors of the major aristocratic families of Thebes.

Accepted Answer

A)  sown men 
B)  citizens of Sparta 
C)  lost tribe 
D)  found men 
A)  sown men 
B)  citizens of Sparta 
C)  lost tribe 
D)  found men A

Question 3

The mighty walls of Thebes had _______ gates.

Accepted Answer

A)  five 
B)  seven 
C)  four 
D)  ten 
A)  five 
B)  seven 
C)  four 
D)  ten B

Question 4

How does Capaneus die?

Accepted Answer

A)  He boasts that not even Zeus can stop him and is then struck by lightning 
B)  The earth opens up and swallows his chariot 
C)  He is mortally wounded by Melanippus 
D)  Eteocles kills him in single combat 
A)  He boasts that not even Zeus can stop him and is then struck by lightning 
B)  The earth opens up and swallows his chariot 
C)  He is mortally wounded by Melanippus 
D)  Eteocles kills him in single combat

Question 5

What is the answer to the Sphinx's riddle?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Eternity" 
B)  "Birth" 
C)  "A human" 
D)  "Death" 
A)  "Eternity" 
B)  "Birth" 
C)  "A human" 
D)  "Death"

Question 6

Who alone of the Seven Against Thebes escapes the battle?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amphiaraüs 
B)  Hippomedon 
C)  Parthenopeus 
D)  Adrastus 
A)  Amphiaraüs 
B)  Hippomedon 
C)  Parthenopeus 
D)  Adrastus

Question 7

What is the name of Sophocles' play-the most famous play from antiquity-which treats story of Oedipus' shocking discovery about himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Oedipus the King" 
B)  "Oedipus at Colonus" 
C)  "Antigone" 
D)  "Oedipus Undone" 
A)  "Oedipus the King" 
B)  "Oedipus at Colonus" 
C)  "Antigone" 
D)  "Oedipus Undone"

Question 8

Who are the children of Antiopê and Zeus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Labdacus 
B)  Zethus 
C)  Lycus 
D)  Amphion 
A)  Labdacus 
B)  Zethus 
C)  Lycus 
D)  Amphion

Question 9

What does Oedipus do when he learns the truth and sees the dead body of his wife/mother Jocasta?

Accepted Answer

A)  He tries to throw himself off the edge of the Cadmeia 
B)  He stabs himself with the pins that were used to bind his feet as an infant 
C)  He orders a servant to chop off his hands 
D)  He stabs out his eyes with pins from Jocasta's robe 
A)  He tries to throw himself off the edge of the Cadmeia 
B)  He stabs himself with the pins that were used to bind his feet as an infant 
C)  He orders a servant to chop off his hands 
D)  He stabs out his eyes with pins from Jocasta's robe

Question 10

At the end of their life, Cadmus and his wife are changed into _______ and sent to the Elysian Fields.

Accepted Answer

A)  doves 
B)  serpents 
C)  nightingales 
D)  hares 
A)  doves 
B)  serpents 
C)  nightingales 
D)  hares

Question 11

Thebes is the principal city in the plain of _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Attica 
B)  Thessaly 
C)  Boeotia 
D)  Aetolia 
A)  Attica 
B)  Thessaly 
C)  Boeotia 
D)  Aetolia

Question 12

Antionê is engaged to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Creon 
B)  Laodamas 
C)  Thersander 
D)  Haemon 
A)  Creon 
B)  Laodamas 
C)  Thersander 
D)  Haemon

Question 13

Cadmus' name is Semitic in origin and means "_______."

Accepted Answer

A)  builder of walls 
B)  city-founder 
C)  man from the East 
D)  bringer of civilization 
A)  builder of walls 
B)  city-founder 
C)  man from the East 
D)  bringer of civilization

Question 14

Which of the following early Greek terms for the alphabet are associatd with Cadmus?

Accepted Answer

A)  phoinikeia grammata, "Phoenician scratchings" 
B)  kadmeia, "Cadmeian things" 
C)  sêmata kala, "beautiful signs" 
D)  Thêbaia sêmata, "Theban signs" 
A)  phoinikeia grammata, "Phoenician scratchings" 
B)  kadmeia, "Cadmeian things" 
C)  sêmata kala, "beautiful signs" 
D)  Thêbaia sêmata, "Theban signs"

Question 15

Where does Oedipus finally settle after he wanders out of Thebes?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Acropolis in Athens 
B)  The Temple of Hera in Argos 
C)  The Grove of the Furies in Colonus 
D)  The Telesterion in Eleusis 
A)  The Acropolis in Athens 
B)  The Temple of Hera in Argos 
C)  The Grove of the Furies in Colonus 
D)  The Telesterion in Eleusis

Question 16

What is meaning of Oedipus' name?

Accepted Answer

A)  "ruler from afar" 
B)  "foundling" 
C)  "father-slayer" 
D)  "swollen foot" 
A)  "ruler from afar" 
B)  "foundling" 
C)  "father-slayer" 
D)  "swollen foot"

Question 17

What does Cadmus find when he goes in search of the comrades he sent to get water for a sacrifice?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Sphinx 
B)  Twins abandoned at a spring 
C)  An entrance to the underworld 
D)  A huge serpent 
A)  The Sphinx 
B)  Twins abandoned at a spring 
C)  An entrance to the underworld 
D)  A huge serpent

Question 18

Which of the Seven Against Thebes was a seer who argued vehemently against the war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippomedon 
B)  Eriphylê 
C)  Parthenopeus 
D)  Amphiaraüs 
A)  Hippomedon 
B)  Eriphylê 
C)  Parthenopeus 
D)  Amphiaraüs

Question 19

Whom did Cadmus marry after his years of servitude to Ares?

Accepted Answer

A)  Harmonia 
B)  Ino 
C)  Autonoë 
D)  Sidonia 
A)  Harmonia 
B)  Ino 
C)  Autonoë 
D)  Sidonia

Question 20

Whom does Oedipus think are his real parents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Celeus and Metanira 
B)  Polybus and Meropê 
C)  Ino and Athamas 
D)  Amphion and Niobê 
A)  Celeus and Metanira 
B)  Polybus and Meropê 
C)  Ino and Athamas 
D)  Amphion and Niobê

Exam 18: Oedipus and the Myths of Thebes

Polynices is seen here bribing _______ with the necklace of Harmonia.

The Sparti are the "_______," and ancestors of the major aristocratic families of Thebes.

The mighty walls of Thebes had _______ gates.

How does Capaneus die?

What is the answer to the Sphinx's riddle?

Who alone of the Seven Against Thebes escapes the battle?

What is the name of Sophocles' play-the most famous play from antiquity-which treats story of Oedipus' shocking discovery about himself?

Who are the children of Antiopê and Zeus?

What does Oedipus do when he learns the truth and sees the dead body of his wife/mother Jocasta?

At the end of their life, Cadmus and his wife are changed into _______ and sent to the Elysian Fields.

Thebes is the principal city in the plain of _______.

Antionê is engaged to _______.

Cadmus' name is Semitic in origin and means "_______."

Which of the following early Greek terms for the alphabet are associatd with Cadmus?

Where does Oedipus finally settle after he wanders out of Thebes?

What is meaning of Oedipus' name?

What does Cadmus find when he goes in search of the comrades he sent to get water for a sacrifice?

Which of the Seven Against Thebes was a seer who argued vehemently against the war?

Whom did Cadmus marry after his years of servitude to Ares?

Whom does Oedipus think are his real parents?

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