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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices as the prophet said should be done?
(a) Haemon
(b) Choragos
(c) Creon
(d) The boy

2. Should the proud have survived to old age, notes Choragos, they will have learned to be _________.
(a) Wise
(b) Caring
(c) Helpful
(d) Merciful

3. The Chorus, as a result of the story it shares, laments the powerlessness of man over _____________.
(a) Destiny
(b) Curses
(c) The Gods
(d) Justice

4. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.
(a) Warriors
(b) Faithful
(c) Dead
(d) Living

5. What is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?
(a) Thebes
(b) Rome
(c) Sicily
(d) Nice

Short Answer Questions

1. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.

2. The prophet tells Creon he has kept Polyneices from ____________ and buried Antigone alive.

3. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?

4. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.

5. Who is commiserating about the dominion of fate at the start of this final scene?

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