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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ode 4 (Fourth Stasimon).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.
(a) Creon
(b) God
(c) Zeus
(d) Her

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

3. Who answered the battle cry of Polyneices in the battle where he finally lost his life?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Thebes
(c) Justinius
(d) Rome

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

5. Antigone agrees that her father's ______________ guilt plagues all her family from the grave.
(a) Anarchistic
(b) Incestuous
(c) Godless
(d) Murderous

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Antigone sprinkle over the body of her brother after the winds picked up at midday?

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

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

5. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?

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