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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3 (Third Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Fire
(b) Our gore
(c) Swords
(d) Goats

2. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?
(a) Zeus
(b) Apollo
(c) Creon
(d) Mercury

3. _________ supported the Thebans as he does not support the proud, like Polyneices and his army.
(a) Eteocles
(b) God
(c) Haemon
(d) Creon

4. Creon believes that Antigone would have been trouble for Haemon both in and out of _________.
(a) The war
(b) Their home
(c) His sight
(d) Bed

5. What is the relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices in the play, even though they fight each other?
(a) Father and son
(b) Lovers
(c) Cousins
(d) Brothers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship that Haemon has with Antigone, according to the play?

2. Polyneices led the attack on his _____________ during that final battle before the play starts.

3. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.

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

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

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