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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. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.
(a) Wicked
(b) Bastards
(c) Rebels
(d) Warriors

2. Once offended, the Chorus states, gods and goddesses are without ____________ for the offending party.
(a) Justice
(b) Repercussions
(c) Mercy
(d) Power

3. Who interrogates the Sentry when he reveals the person who is responsible for burying the body?
(a) Creon
(b) Haemon
(c) The prophet
(d) Choragos

4. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.
(a) Spirit
(b) Truth
(c) Power
(d) Honesty

5. Nothing that is cast enters into the life of mortals without a ____________, according to the Chorus.
(a) Curse
(b) Catch
(c) Flaw
(d) Sentence

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Sentry admit is responsible for the burying of Polyneices?

2. Man is the most awesome wonder in the _____________, according to the Chorus during the play.

3. Antigone asks that all see her as a woman about to die, a woman who will never ____________.

4. At what time of day does the story taking place in the play begin?

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

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