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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. What did the person who tried to bury the body use in order to start to cover Polyneices up?
(a) A blanket
(b) Smoke
(c) Loose dirt
(d) Cement

2. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.
(a) Punishment
(b) Power
(c) Pride
(d) Peace

3. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.
(a) Creon
(b) Haemon
(c) Choragos
(d) Ismene

4. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.
(a) Men
(b) Warriors
(c) Women
(d) Age

5. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?
(a) Her royal ancestry
(b) Her beauty
(c) Her suffering
(d) Her innocence

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the guards do in order to determine who would deliver the news to Creon?

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

3. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."

4. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.

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

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