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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.
(a) Full military burial
(b) Pension for his family
(c) Book
(d) Statue in his memory

2. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?
(a) The bathroom
(b) The fields
(c) The vault
(d) A platform

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

4. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."
(a) The ground
(b) Hell
(c) Heaven
(d) The city

5. Creon lets the people know that his position is __________ ordained and thus he is the rightful heir.
(a) Parentally
(b) Personally
(c) Divinely
(d) Earthly

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?

2. What is the new tone of this group of citizens that is now speaking to the audience?

3. Eventually those who are evil will have to face truth and ______________ for their deeds.

4. What is Antigone's sentence as handed down by Creon as a result of her actions in burying the body?

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

(see the answer key)

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