1. What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses of worshippers?
A bull or goat
2. How many spectators would gather in the open air theatre of Dionysus?
As many as 14,000 spectators
3. How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?
Masks had exaggerated mouth pieces that amplified the actors voices
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
Antigone was suspenseful to viewing audiences because suspense came from their knowledge of things the characters on stage didn't know
5. How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountainside?
The shepherd is to leave the infant on the mountainside with his ankles pinned together
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
"What creature goes on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening?"
7. Who are Oedipus' kids?
Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, Ismene
8. After Oedipus is exited, who takes over Thebes?
Creon took over as regent of Thebes
9. What did the family do to the dead body?
Creon considered Polyneices as a traitor so he decreed that his body be left unburied to rot in the sun outside the city gates
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