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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one force from which the Chorus notes that man is not immune?
(a) Disease
(b) Birth
(c) Taxes
(d) Death

2. Who answered the battle cry of Polyneices in the battle where he finally lost his life?
(a) Thebes
(b) Rome
(c) Julius Caesar
(d) Justinius

3. What did Antigone sprinkle over the body of her brother after the winds picked up at midday?
(a) Wax
(b) Clay
(c) Dust
(d) Flowers

4. Eventually those who are evil will have to face truth and ______________ for their deeds.
(a) Justice
(b) Punishment
(c) Death
(d) Peace

5. Ismene feels powerless as a __________ at the start of the story, in addition to her family background.
(a) Woman
(b) Mother
(c) Queen
(d) Sister

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

7. Nothing that is cast enters into the life of mortals without a ____________, according to the Chorus.
(a) Curse
(b) Flaw
(c) Catch
(d) Sentence

8. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.
(a) Ideals
(b) Laws
(c) Kingdoms
(d) Relationships

9. How many gates does Thebes have, according to the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Two
(b) Seven
(c) Six
(d) Ten

10. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.
(a) Trust
(b) Peace
(c) Love
(d) Loyalty

11. Man is the most awesome wonder in the _____________, according to the Chorus during the play.
(a) Universe
(b) City
(c) Earth
(d) God's realm

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

13. Creon realizes he still needs to prove his worth to the people as a _____________.
(a) Leader
(b) Judge
(c) Friend
(d) Fighter

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

15. What is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?
(a) Rome
(b) Sicily
(c) Nice
(d) Thebes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the shield of Polyneices, according to the Chorus in this scene?

2. Who was the captive of the Sentry, the person for which the Sentry was responsible during the play?

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

4. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.

5. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?

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