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

2. Ismene tries to uphold __________ law and does not believe anyone should oppose it during the play.
(a) Haemon's
(b) God's
(c) Man's
(d) Creon's

3. The power that crosses the ____________ sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under...
(a) Clear
(b) Open
(c) White
(d) Blue

4. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.
(a) Public hanging
(b) New leader
(c) War
(d) Public stoning

5. Antigone claims she will be ready to face a/an _____________ death if she is caught in her actions.
(a) Easy
(b) Honorable
(c) Painful
(d) Quick

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one force from which the Chorus notes that man is not immune?

2. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.

3. What is believed to be on Ismene and Antigone as a result of Oedipus and Jocasta's actions?

4. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.

5. Choragos speaks for the Chorus as ___________, pleading for more active support from others in the city during the play.

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