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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. What does the Sentry say that Creon should do with Antigone now that she is before him?
(a) Kill her
(b) Forgive her
(c) Interrogate her
(d) Nothing

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

3. Antigone states that Creon's law will never be __________ law, which is the law Antigone believes is important.
(a) Her
(b) Rome's
(c) God's
(d) Aphrodite's

4. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.
(a) Pension for his family
(b) Full military burial
(c) Book
(d) Statue in his memory

5. At what time of day does the story taking place in the play begin?
(a) Twilight
(b) Dawn
(c) Midnight
(d) Midafternoon

Short Answer Questions

1. Antigone claims she will be ready to face a/an _____________ death if she is caught in her actions.

2. What did the guards do in order to determine who would deliver the news to Creon?

3. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.

4. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.

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

(see the answer key)

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