WorksheetsSophocles Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who is the Greek playwright known for writing during the "golden age" of Greece and is one of the three great tragic playwrights?
Achilles
Sophocles
Pericles
Hercules
In what year was Sophocles born?
496 BCE
600 BCE
300 AD
700 BCE
How many of Sophocles' plays have survived to modern times?
Five
Ten
Three
Seven
In which city did Sophocles serve in various capacities?
Colonus
Sparta
Athens
Troy
At what age did Sophocles win his first playwriting contest?
20
28
How many times did Sophocles win first prize in playwriting contests?
10
20
5
15
What did Sophocles add to the cast of his plays that was not common before?
Music
Dance
A third actor
A narrator
Which Greek tragedian did Sophocles defeat in his first playwriting contest?
Aeschylus
Euripides
Homer
Socrates
How long did Sophocles live?
60 years
75 years
90 years
100 years
How many total plays did Sophocles write?
More than 50
More than 75
More than 100
More than 25
