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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2 (Second Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Polyneices led the attack on his _____________ during that final battle before the play starts.
(a) Sister's home
(b) Father
(c) Own home
(d) Father's grave

2. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?
(a) Women
(b) Surrounding cities
(c) Older men
(d) Younger residents

3. How does Antigone respond when she is questioned by King Creon about her actions?
(a) She says nothing
(b) She denies everything
(c) She blames Ismene
(d) She denies nothing

4. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?
(a) Singing to it
(b) Anointing it
(c) Burning it
(d) Nothing

5. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.
(a) Age
(b) Women
(c) Warriors
(d) Men

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?

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

3. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.

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

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

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