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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. What is Antigone's sentence as handed down by Creon as a result of her actions in burying the body?
(a) Death by stoning
(b) Death by poison
(c) Death by hanging
(d) Death by starvation

2. Haemon points out to his father that the citizens of the city do not see Antigone as a ______________.
(a) Criminal
(b) Hero
(c) Leader
(d) Goddess

3. Creon believes that Antigone deserves nothing more than to find a husband in __________ after what she has done.
(a) Heaven
(b) Hell
(c) Spain
(d) Rome

4. What is the relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices in the play, even though they fight each other?
(a) Father and son
(b) Brothers
(c) Cousins
(d) Lovers

5. The Chorus notes that even the powerful are not immune to ___________, as the wife could not let go of her sadness
(a) Pain
(b) Grief
(c) Happiness
(d) Fear

Short Answer Questions

1. For that hope whose wanderings are so __________ is to many men a comfort, according to the Chorus.

2. Whose decree proclaims that the body of the fallen man is not to be buried by anyone under punishment of death?

3. What does Ismene compliment Antigone on before she leaves her to herself and to her actions?

4. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.

5. Who did the king imprison in a story the Chorus relates about the idea of jealousy?

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