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

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

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

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

5. How many captains were at the gates and were matched again during the battle?
(a) Seven
(b) Eight
(c) Ten
(d) Two

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?

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

3. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.

4. What happened at midday when the guards were watching the body that was not supposed to be buried?

5. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?

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