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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. Creon gives ____________ to anyone who contradicts the king's wishes concerning the burial during the play.
(a) No support
(b) Blessings
(c) More taxes
(d) Poison

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

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

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

5. Man is considered to be the one who has ____________ animals, according to the content of the ode.
(a) Killed
(b) Tamed
(c) Eaten
(d) Named all

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose decree proclaims that the body of the fallen man is not to be buried by anyone under punishment of death?

2. What does the leader of the group call Polyneices when he is in the midst of battle? A wild __________ screaming.

3. What is the color of the shield of Polyneices, according to the Chorus in this scene?

4. Creon sees his job as for the general _____________ over personal alliances and over personal friendships.

5. _________ supported the Thebans as he does not support the proud, like Polyneices and his army.

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