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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.
(a) Love
(b) Peace
(c) Loyalty
(d) Trust

2. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.
(a) Public stoning
(b) Public hanging
(c) War
(d) New leader

3. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.
(a) Truth
(b) Honesty
(c) Power
(d) Spirit

4. Where does the Chorus state that Polyneices came from when he entered into battle?
(a) Sicily
(b) Thebes
(c) Argos
(d) Rome

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what place does Creon believe that Antigone will go after her death for her actions?

2. Creon argues that ______________ would be insulted that Antigone decided to bury the body of Polyneices.

3. What else does the Chorus remind the audience that man is strong in?

4. Nothing that is cast enters into the life of mortals without a ____________, according to the Chorus.

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

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