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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) Book
(b) Full military burial
(c) Statue in his memory
(d) Pension for his family

2. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.
(a) Cursed
(b) Justified
(c) Honorable
(d) Wronged

3. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.
(a) Power
(b) Truth
(c) Honesty
(d) Spirit

4. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?
(a) Young boy
(b) Messenger
(c) The prophet
(d) Sentry

5. Creon shares that he will not show any ___________ in his rule nor will he patronize anyone.
(a) Fear
(b) Mercy
(c) Contentment
(d) Peace

Short Answer Questions

1. The ode implies that the woes of Antigone are directly related to her _____________, Oedipus.

2. Who introduces the character of Creon to the play and to the audience who might be watching the play?

3. Thou, a ruler to whom ____________ brings not old age, dwellest in the dazzling splendour of Olympus.

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

5. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?

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