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