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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. And ___________, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that would a state, hath he taught himself.
(a) Speech
(b) Fighting
(c) Dancing
(d) Poetry

2. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?
(a) Sentry
(b) The prophet
(c) Young boy
(d) Messenger

3. Who returns to talk to Creon after he has been yelled at and threatened by Creon for speaking with him before?
(a) Boy
(b) Sentry
(c) Prophet
(d) Messenger

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon realizes he still needs to prove his worth to the people as a _____________.

2. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.

3. Creon believes that because of Antigone's stubbornness, she will inevitably __________.

4. What did the person who tried to bury the body use in order to start to cover Polyneices up?

5. What is the one force from which the Chorus notes that man is not immune?

(see the answer key)

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