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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 does the leader of the group call Polyneices when he is in the midst of battle? A wild __________ screaming.
(a) Tiger
(b) Hawk
(c) Eagle
(d) Bear

2. And through the future, near and far, as through the past, shall this ___________ hold good.
(a) Secret
(b) Whisper
(c) Law
(d) Peace

3. Antigone points out to Creon that she is aware that __________ is inevitable for her, both now and in the future.
(a) Peace
(b) Happiness
(c) Death
(d) Glory

4. What is the color of the shield of Polyneices, according to the Chorus in this scene?
(a) White
(b) Blue
(c) Black
(d) Red

5. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?
(a) Ismene
(b) Eteocles
(c) Polyneices
(d) Antigone

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon gives ____________ to anyone who contradicts the king's wishes concerning the burial during the play.

2. Man is the most awesome wonder in the _____________, according to the Chorus during the play.

3. But some god strikes them down, and the race hath no __________________, according to the Chorus.

4. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.

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

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