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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 3 (Third Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Polyneices and Antigone in this play?
(a) Cousins
(b) Nephew and Aunt
(c) Son and mother
(d) Brother and sister

2. Who is the leader of the group who is telling the story within this section of the play?
(a) Choragos
(b) Creon
(c) Antigone
(d) Haemon

3. Creon believes he will be seen as stronger for refusing to yield to showing ______________ with Antigone.
(a) Anger
(b) Mercy
(c) Patience
(d) Gratitude

4. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.
(a) Warriors
(b) Dead
(c) Living
(d) Faithful

5. Nothing that is cast enters into the life of mortals without a ____________, according to the Chorus.
(a) Catch
(b) Curse
(c) Sentence
(d) Flaw

Short Answer Questions

1. Man is considered to be the one who has ____________ animals, according to the content of the ode.

2. What army decided to attack Thebes, though they were driven back during their efforts during the play?

3. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.

4. Who returns to talk to Creon after he has been yelled at and threatened by Creon for speaking with him before?

5. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?

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