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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. That _______, in turn, in brought low -- by the blood-stained dust die to the gods infernal.
(a) Hope
(b) Truth
(c) Justice
(d) Peace

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

3. What did the guards do in order to determine who would deliver the news to Creon?
(a) Threw dice
(b) Drew straws
(c) Wrestled
(d) Drew swords

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Thy power, O __________, what human trespass can limit? - the Chorus in this ode during the play.

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

4. Creon shares that he will not show any ___________ in his rule nor will he patronize anyone.

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

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