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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. What kind of image is used to show the wrath that is passed on to future generations?
(a) Water
(b) Earth
(c) Fire
(d) Air

2. Haemon points out to his father that the citizens of the city do not see Antigone as a ______________.
(a) Goddess
(b) Criminal
(c) Leader
(d) Hero

3. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.
(a) Love
(b) Reason
(c) Teach
(d) Grow

4. The ode implies that the woes of Antigone are directly related to her _____________, Oedipus.
(a) Father
(b) Son
(c) Cousin
(d) Prophet

5. Why was the princess to which Antigone is compared locked up in a prison during the play?
(a) Burying her sister
(b) A murder
(c) Defying the king
(d) A prophesy

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ismene compliment Antigone on before she leaves her to herself and to her actions?

2. What is Choragos no longer able to distance himself from when Antigone arrives in the room?

3. How does Antigone respond when she is questioned by King Creon about her actions?

4. Creon is told by ______________ that trees and ships yield to the destructive nature of floods.

5. What is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?

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