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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. The Chorus assures Antigone in her situation that she will have a peaceful ___________.
(a) History
(b) Death
(c) Family
(d) Afterlife

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

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

4. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.
(a) Aphrodite
(b) Hera
(c) Niobe
(d) Hecate

5. Who introduces the character of Creon to the play and to the audience who might be watching the play?
(a) Choragos
(b) Ismene
(c) Creon
(d) Antigone

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon lets the people know that his position is __________ ordained and thus he is the rightful heir.

2. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?

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

4. But some god strikes them down, and the race hath no __________________, according to the Chorus.

5. Antigone asks that all see her as a woman about to die, a woman who will never ____________.

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