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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 is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?
(a) Sicily
(b) Thebes
(c) Nice
(d) Rome

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

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

4. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?
(a) Mercury
(b) Zeus
(c) Creon
(d) Apollo

5. The king cautions against the _____________ and the power of bribery in breaking his decree.
(a) Riches
(b) Strength
(c) Temptation
(d) Evil

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?

3. Creon says that Ismene should also be put to death as she is guilty of ____________ in the burial.

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

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

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