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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Creon is told by ______________ that trees and ships yield to the destructive nature of floods.
(a) Choragos
(b) Antigone
(c) Haemon
(d) Ismene

2. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.
(a) Loyalty
(b) Blood
(c) History
(d) Punishments

3. Creon shares that he will not show any ___________ in his rule nor will he patronize anyone.
(a) Mercy
(b) Contentment
(c) Fear
(d) Peace

4. For that hope whose wanderings are so __________ is to many men a comfort, according to the Chorus.
(a) Wide
(b) Straight
(c) Eager
(d) Powerful

5. The prophet tells Creon to _______________ and to rescind his proclamation.
(a) Dig up Eteocles
(b) Step down from power
(c) Get over himself
(d) Bury Polyneices

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."

3. What is the handicap of Teiresias, the prophet, who comes to speak to Creon during the play?

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

5. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?

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