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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 1 (First Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus does not condone ______________ or even the entertainment of such thoughts.
(a) Blasphemy
(b) Women rulers
(c) Peace
(d) Anarachy

2. Ismene feels powerless as a __________ at the start of the story, in addition to her family background.
(a) Woman
(b) Sister
(c) Mother
(d) Queen

3. Creon gives ____________ to anyone who contradicts the king's wishes concerning the burial during the play.
(a) Poison
(b) Blessings
(c) More taxes
(d) No support

4. Who killed herself when she realized the incestuous relationship had taken place?
(a) Antigone
(b) Hera
(c) Jocasta
(d) Eurydice

5. And _________, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear...
(a) Zeus
(b) Creon
(c) The Moon
(d) Earth

Short Answer Questions

1. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.

2. How many captains were at the gates and were matched again during the battle?

3. Man also is the one who protects himself from the ____________, according to the content of the ode.

4. Who slew Polyneices during that final battle that caused him to be left without a proper burial?

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

(see the answer key)

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