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