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English Reading Quiz 8

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The name Oedipus means
a) pinned wrists
b) swollen foot
c) marries his mother
d) murderer
b) swollen foot
What is the term for excessive pride
a) tragedy
b) Katharsis
c) hamartia
d) hubris
d) hubris
The Greek Chorus was comprised of ___ members.
a) 15-18
b) 12-15
c) 10-12
d) 20-23
b) 12-15
The performance stage was divided into two parts: the orchestra and the skene.
a) True
b) False
a) True
What is the term for the representation of serious and important actions that lead to the disastrous end for the protagonist?
a) tragedy
b) hubris
c) hamartia
d) Katharsis
a) tragedy
Plays were presented ____ a year for the citizens of Athens in the fifth century B.C.
a) once (on the king's birthday)
b) twice (at religious festivals)
c) three times (one every four months)
d) four times (one at the beginning of each season)
b) twice (at religious festivals)
No more than ___ actors were allowed on stage at any one time, along with the chorus.
a) five
b) three
c) six
d) four
b) three
Which of the following is a classic convention of Chorus members in Greek theater?
a) bare feet
b) tall headpieces
c) shaved heads
d) masks
d) masks
From where does Creon return at the beginning of the play?
a) Thebes
b) Delphi
c) Colonus
d) Rome
b) Delphi
With what are the citizens of Thebes struck?
a) plague
b) immortality
c) infertility
d) drought
a) plague
Whose murder must be avenged to end the devastation in Thebes?
a) Polybus
b) Creon's
c) Laios
d) Dorian's
c) Laios
How man witnesses to the above person's death remain?
a) one
b) none. No one survived
c) three
d) two
a) one
How does Oedipus win both the throne and the recently widowed queen of Thebes?
a) They were his reward for raising the most animals, thus ending the famine in the city.
b) They were his reward for killing the unliked king during a sword fight
c) They were his reward for ridding the city of the Sphinx
d) There were his reward for uncovering a new water supply.
c) They were his reward for ridding the city of the Sphinx
What was wrong with the baby who was found by the Messenger?
a) his wrist were pinned together
b) his ankles were pinned together
c) he was gravely ill
d) he had a lighting bolt scar on his forehead
b) his ankles were pinned together
Who is Teiresias?
a) the man who is having an affair with Iocaste
b) a blind prophet
c) Oedipus right-hand-man and brother in law
d) Oedipus adopted father
b) a blind prophet
Which female character is discussed in the following line of text: "Who bore him, son and husband -- the very same"?
a) Ismene
b) Antigone
c) Merope
d) Iocaste
d) Iocaste
How does Iocaste die?
a) Teiresias places a spell on her
b) she kills herself
c) Oedipus kills her
d) she dies while giving birth to her son
b) she kills herself
Where was Laios killed
a) in the mountains in Cornith
b) on a one lane bridge
c) in his bedchamber
d) at a three way crossroads
d) at a three way crossroads
What object does Oedipus use to stab out his own eyes?
a) the brooches on Iocaste's gown
b) knives
c) sticks
d) the horns of sacrificial bull
a) the brooches on Iocaste's gown
Who does Oedipus ask to look after his daughters?
a) His eldest son
b) the Priest
c) Teiresias
d) Creon
d) Creon
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