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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 2 (Second Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Creon argues that ______________ would be insulted that Antigone decided to bury the body of Polyneices.
(a) Oedipus
(b) Eteocles
(c) Ismene
(d) Polyneices

2. Man turns the soil of the land with the offspring of ____________, according to the ode.
(a) Man
(b) Cows
(c) Horses
(d) Fish

3. What is the relationship between Polyneices and Antigone in this play?
(a) Nephew and Aunt
(b) Son and mother
(c) Brother and sister
(d) Cousins

4. Who killed herself when she realized the incestuous relationship had taken place?
(a) Hera
(b) Antigone
(c) Jocasta
(d) Eurydice

5. Man is considered to be the one who has ____________ animals, according to the content of the ode.
(a) Eaten
(b) Named all
(c) Tamed
(d) Killed

Short Answer Questions

1. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."

2. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.

3. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.

4. And _________, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear...

5. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?

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