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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 4 (Fourth Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the princess to which Antigone is compared locked up in a prison during the play?
(a) Defying the king
(b) Burying her sister
(c) A murder
(d) A prophesy

2. What does the leader of the group call Polyneices when he is in the midst of battle? A wild __________ screaming.
(a) Eagle
(b) Hawk
(c) Tiger
(d) Bear

3. To what place does Creon believe that Antigone will go after her death for her actions?
(a) Heaven
(b) Mount Olympus
(c) Hell
(d) Rome

4. The Chorus, as a result of the story it shares, laments the powerlessness of man over _____________.
(a) Curses
(b) The Gods
(c) Justice
(d) Destiny

5. What is Antigone's sentence as handed down by Creon as a result of her actions in burying the body?
(a) Death by stoning
(b) Death by starvation
(c) Death by hanging
(d) Death by poison

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ accuse each other of being the one who buried the body illegally during the play.

2. What is the color of the shield of Polyneices, according to the Chorus in this scene?

3. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.

4. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.

5. The king cautions against the _____________ and the power of bribery in breaking his decree.

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