- 1. Sophocles was a playwright from which ancient civilization?
A) Roman
B) Babylonian
C) Greek
D) Egyptian
- 2. Which festival did Sophocles receive his first victory at?
A) Panathenaia
B) Thesmophoria
C) Lenaia
D) City Dionysia
- 3. Which tragedy by Sophocles is about the downfall of Oedipus?
A) Electra
B) Antigone
C) Ajax
D) Oedipus Rex
- 4. What is the name of the ancient Greek religious festival where plays were performed in honor of Dionysus?
A) Athenaia
B) Olympia
C) Pythia
D) Dionysia
- 5. Which musical composer wrote an opera based on Sophocles' play 'Oedipus Rex'?
A) Igor Stravinsky
B) Johann Sebastian Bach
C) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
- 6. What was the name of Sophocles' son who also became a playwright?
A) Iophon
B) Aeschylus
C) Euripides
D) Aristophanes
- 7. Which king served as a character in one of Sophocles' plays?
A) King Lear
B) King Arthur
C) King Solomon
D) Oedipus
- 8. What is the term for the excessive pride that often leads to a hero's downfall in Greek tragedy?
A) Anagnorisis
B) Hubris
C) Catharsis
D) Nemesis
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