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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 1 (First Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who informs the audience of the previous battle during this scene of the play?
(a) The Messenger
(b) Antigone
(c) The Chorus
(d) The sentry

2. The Chorus in this scene is a group of singers and dancers who are meant to represent the _____________.
(a) Fates
(b) Mind of Antigone
(c) Common man
(d) Conscience of Creon

3. What is the relationship between Antigone and Ismene, the two women at the start of the story?
(a) Lovers
(b) Sisters
(c) Friends
(d) Cousins

4. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Fire
(b) Goats
(c) Our gore
(d) Swords

5. 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) Oedipus'
(c) Choragos
(d) Haemon's

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?

2. Creon realizes he still needs to prove his worth to the people as a _____________.

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

4. What does Ismene compliment Antigone on before she leaves her to herself and to her actions?

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

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