Question 1

Thebes is the principal city in the plain of _______.&#10;A) Attica&#10;B) Thessaly&#10;C) Boeotia&#10;D) Aetolia

Accepted Answer

Thebes is the principal city in the plain of Boeotia, which is a region in central Greece.

Question 2

What does Cadmus find when he goes in search of the comrades he sent to get water for a sacrifice?&#10;A) The Sphinx&#10;B) Twins abandoned at a spring&#10;C) An entrance to the underworld&#10;D) A huge serpent

Accepted Answer

Cadmus finds a huge serpent that has killed his comrades when he goes in search of them.

Question 3

The Sparti are the &#34;_______,&#34; and ancestors of the major aristocratic families of Thebes.&#10;A) sown men&#10;B) citizens of Sparta&#10;C) lost tribe&#10;D) found men

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The Sparti, in Greek mythology, are known as the "sown men," who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. They became the ancestors of Thebes' aristocratic families.

Question 4

Whom did Cadmus marry after his years of servitude to Ares?&#10;A) Harmonia&#10;B) Ino&#10;C) Autono&#235;&#10;D) Sidonia

Accepted Answer

Cadmus married Harmonia, the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, after completing his years of servitude to Ares.

Question 5

At the end of their life, Cadmus and his wife are changed into _______ and sent to the Elysian Fields.&#10;A) doves&#10;B) serpents&#10;C) nightingales&#10;D) hares

Accepted Answer

In mythology, Cadmus and his wife Harmonia were transformed into serpents and sent to the Elysian Fields.

Question 6

Who are the children of Antiop&#234; and Zeus?&#10;A) Labdacus&#10;B) Zethus&#10;C) Lycus&#10;D) Amphion

Accepted Answer

Antiopê and Zeus had two sons, Zethus and Amphion.

Question 7

Cadmus' name is Semitic in origin and means &#34;_______.&#34;&#10;A) builder of walls&#10;B) city-founder&#10;C) man from the East&#10;D) bringer of civilization

Accepted Answer

Cadmus' name is believed to be of Semitic origin, meaning "man from the East."

Question 8

Which of the following early Greek terms for the alphabet are associatd with Cadmus?&#10;A) phoinikeia grammata, &#34;Phoenician scratchings&#34;&#10;B) kadmeia, &#34;Cadmeian things&#34;&#10;C) s&#234;mata kala, &#34;beautiful signs&#34;&#10;D) Th&#234;baia s&#234;mata, &#34;Theban signs&#34;

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The answer of Which of the following early Greek terms...

Question 9

The mighty walls of Thebes had _______ gates.&#10;A) five&#10;B) seven&#10;C) four&#10;D) ten

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Question 10

What is meaning of Oedipus' name?&#10;A) &#34;ruler from afar&#34;&#10;B) &#34;foundling&#34;&#10;C) &#34;father-slayer&#34;&#10;D) &#34;swollen foot&#34;

Accepted Answer

Oedipus' name means "swollen foot" in Greek, referring to the injury he sustained as a baby when his feet were bound together.

Question 11

What is the answer to the Sphinx's riddle?&#10;A) &#34;Eternity&#34;&#10;B) &#34;Birth&#34;&#10;C) &#34;A human&#34;&#10;D) &#34;Death&#34;

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Question 12

What is the name of Sophocles' play-the most famous play from antiquity-which treats story of Oedipus' shocking discovery about himself?&#10;A) &#34;Oedipus the King&#34;&#10;B) &#34;Oedipus at Colonus&#34;&#10;C) &#34;Antigone&#34;&#10;D) &#34;Oedipus Undone&#34;

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Question 13

Whom does Oedipus think are his real parents?&#10;A) Celeus and Metanira&#10;B) Polybus and Merop&#234;&#10;C) Ino and Athamas&#10;D) Amphion and Niob&#234;

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Question 14

What does Oedipus do when he learns the truth and sees the dead body of his wife/mother Jocasta?&#10;A) He tries to throw himself off the edge of the Cadmeia&#10;B) He stabs himself with the pins that were used to bind his feet as an infant&#10;C) He orders a servant to chop off his hands&#10;D) He stabs out his eyes with pins from Jocasta's robe

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Question 15

Which of the Seven Against Thebes was a seer who argued vehemently against the war?&#10;A) Hippomedon&#10;B) Eriphyl&#234;&#10;C) Parthenopeus&#10;D) Amphiara&#252;s

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Question 16

Where does Oedipus finally settle after he wanders out of Thebes?&#10;A) The Acropolis in Athens&#10;B) The Temple of Hera in Argos&#10;C) The Grove of the Furies in Colonus&#10;D) The Telesterion in Eleusis

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Question 17

How does Capaneus die?&#10;A) He boasts that not even Zeus can stop him and is then struck by lightning&#10;B) The earth opens up and swallows his chariot&#10;C) He is mortally wounded by Melanippus&#10;D) Eteocles kills him in single combat

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Question 18

Who alone of the Seven Against Thebes escapes the battle?&#10;A) Amphiara&#252;s&#10;B) Hippomedon&#10;C) Parthenopeus&#10;D) Adrastus

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Question 19

Antion&#234; is engaged to _______.&#10;A) Creon&#10;B) Laodamas&#10;C) Thersander&#10;D) Haemon

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Question 20

Sophocles' play Antigone reflects a philosophical conflict between the laws of which two notions?&#10;A) stasis&#10;B) physis&#10;C) nomos&#10;D) logos

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Question 21

Polynices is seen here bribing _______ with the necklace of Harmonia.&#10;A) Antiop&#234;&#10;B) Dirc&#234;&#10;C) Ismen&#234;&#10;D) Eriphyl&#234;

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Deck 18: Oedipus and the Myths of Thebes