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