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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 4 (Fourth Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thy power, O __________, what human trespass can limit? - the Chorus in this ode during the play.
(a) Creon
(b) Antigone
(c) Oedipus
(d) Zeus

2. Who was the son supposed to kill as a result of a prophesy that was given?
(a) His father
(b) His uncle
(c) His brother
(d) His cousin

3. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.
(a) God
(b) Her
(c) Creon
(d) Zeus

4. The Chorus notes that it can see that generation is not ____________ by generation during the play.
(a) Eased
(b) Freed
(c) Spared
(d) Followed

5. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?
(a) Antigone
(b) Polyneices
(c) Eteocles
(d) Ismene

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?

2. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?

3. What happened at midday when the guards were watching the body that was not supposed to be buried?

4. The Chorus celebrates the slaying of the two men to be the ultimate __________ victory.

5. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.

(see the answer key)

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