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14. What is the request of Polyneices to Antigone after hearing the curse of Oedipus?

convince Oedipus to bless him


A.

do not dishonor him in death


B.

come home with him to Argos


C.

bury him together with his father


D.
15. "I pray no evil comes to you for all men know you merit no more pain". Whose line?

- POLYNEICES
2. Who said: "How can a wretch like me desire to touch a man who has no stain of evil in him."

- OEDIPUS
20. Who said: "God of eternal sleep, I call to you, let Oedipus rest forever."

- ANTIGONE
5. ________________banished Polyneices from Thebes

- ETEOCLES

8. Who said: "They say that those you bless shall come to power."

- SOPHOCLES
6. Who is the captain from Argos who is a hard spear thrower and in the way of eagles?

- AMPHIAREUS

24. According to the Messenger, which word frees us of all the weight and pain of life?

- LOVE

21. What is the fate of the ground that Oedipus sits on?

it was where a great kingdom would rule


A.

it was where he would build his kingdom


B.

it was where he would die


C.

it would be the battleground of Iliad


D.
23. Whose line: "You will never find a mortal who can escape the hunt of the gods."

- ANTIGONE

17. What god/goddess is in charge of the forbidden grounds Oedipus sits on?

- EUMENIDES

16. Who is the only one who witnessed how Oedipus died?
- ANTIGONE

13. What advice did Antigone give Polyneices?

pray to Apollo
A.
withdraw his troops to Argos
B.

reconcile with Eteocles


C.

seek forgiveness from his father


D.
18. Whose line: "How could you condemn that involuntary act with any sense of justice."

- OEDIPUS

11. What is the opinion of the Chorus to Polyneices' visit?

no sympathy
A.

indifference
B.

not mentioned
C.

anger
D.
12. Whose line: "Justice still has a place in the laws of god."

- OEDIPUS

4. Who is the patron god of Colonus whom Polyneices prayed to?

- POSEIDON

9. According to Oedipus, who drove him out of Thebes

- CREON

19. Whose line: "Scum of the earth---die by your own blood brother's hand.

- POLYNEICES
1. Who saved Antigone and Ismene from the seize of Creon?

- THESEUS

22. Theseus is the son of the old king ____________

- AEGEUS

7. ________________has sworn he will raze Thebes with fire-brands.

- CAPANEUS

10. What is the curse of Oedipus to his sons?

you shall die by your own brother's hand


A.
You shall have the same fate as mine
B.

all of the above


C.

you will reign Thebes in the future


D.
3. Who is man from Argos who wanted to talk to Oedipus?

- POLYNEICES

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