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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. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.
(a) Wicked
(b) Bastards
(c) Warriors
(d) Rebels

2. What kind of image is used to show the wrath that is passed on to future generations?
(a) Air
(b) Water
(c) Earth
(d) Fire

3. The ode implies that the woes of Antigone are directly related to her _____________, Oedipus.
(a) Cousin
(b) Son
(c) Prophet
(d) Father

4. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.
(a) Sad
(b) Happy
(c) Angry
(d) Swayed

5. For that hope whose wanderings are so __________ is to many men a comfort, according to the Chorus.
(a) Straight
(b) Wide
(c) Eager
(d) Powerful

Short Answer Questions

1. Choragos speaks for the Chorus as ___________, pleading for more active support from others in the city during the play.

2. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.

3. The Chorus notes that it can see that generation is not ____________ by generation during the play.

4. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.

5. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.

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