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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Exodus.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was cursing Creon in their final moments on earth before they killed themselves?
(a) Eurydice
(b) Ismene
(c) Antigone
(d) Choragos

3. Even though the king might have everything in life a powerful man might want, without __________ he has nothing coveted by others.
(a) Destiny
(b) Happiness
(c) Family
(d) Peace

4. Who does the new wife blind after the king imprisons the person as answered in #153?
(a) Herself
(b) Her husband's daughter
(c) Her husband's two sons
(d) Her husband's first wife

5. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.
(a) Haemon
(b) Ismene
(c) Creon
(d) Choragos

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon believes that because of Antigone's stubbornness, she will inevitably __________.

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

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

4. The Chorus celebrates the slaying of the two men to be the ultimate __________ victory.

5. The Chorus assures Antigone in her situation that she will have a peaceful ___________.

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