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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parados.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many gates does Thebes have, according to the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Two
(b) Ten
(c) Seven
(d) Six

2. What does Ismene swear to Antigone when she hears of Antigone's decision to act?
(a) To tell Creon
(b) That she will not support her
(c) Secrecy
(d) That she will help her

3. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?
(a) Ismene
(b) Eteocles
(c) Antigone
(d) Polyneices

4. Who answered the battle cry of Polyneices in the battle where he finally lost his life?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Thebes
(c) Justinius
(d) Rome

5. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.
(a) Blood
(b) Punishments
(c) History
(d) Loyalty

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Antigone throw back in Ismene's face when Ismene says she will be silent about the actions?

3. What is the relationship between Polyneices and Antigone in this play?

4. What is the relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices in the play, even though they fight each other?

5. What is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?

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