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

2. Who slew Polyneices during that final battle that caused him to be left without a proper burial?
(a) Creon
(b) Haemon
(c) Antigone
(d) Eteocles

3. What is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?
(a) Sicily
(b) Thebes
(c) Rome
(d) Nice

4. Whose decree proclaims that the body of the fallen man is not to be buried by anyone under punishment of death?
(a) Choragos
(b) Creon's
(c) Haemon's
(d) Oedipus'

5. Man also is the one who protects himself from the ____________, according to the content of the ode.
(a) Animals
(b) Truth
(c) Lies
(d) Elements

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?

2. _________ supported the Thebans as he does not support the proud, like Polyneices and his army.

3. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?

4. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?

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

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