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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. Choragos speaks for the Chorus as ___________, pleading for more active support from others in the city during the play.
(a) Women
(b) Citizens
(c) Creon
(d) Children

2. Who is the leader of the group who is telling the story within this section of the play?
(a) Creon
(b) Choragos
(c) Antigone
(d) Haemon

3. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.
(a) Wonders
(b) Creations
(c) Disciples
(d) Animals

4. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.
(a) Trust
(b) Peace
(c) Love
(d) Loyalty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.

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

3. Who answered the battle cry of Polyneices in the battle where he finally lost his life?

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

5. Who is afraid of Creon's wrath and of breaking the law, even though it would be an honorable action?

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