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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose decree proclaims that the body of the fallen man is not to be buried by anyone under punishment of death?
(a) Oedipus'
(b) Haemon's
(c) Creon's
(d) Choragos

2. 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

3. What did the person who tried to bury the body use in order to start to cover Polyneices up?
(a) A blanket
(b) Loose dirt
(c) Cement
(d) Smoke

4. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.
(a) Love
(b) Trust
(c) Peace
(d) Loyalty

5. Polyneices led the attack on his _____________ during that final battle before the play starts.
(a) Father
(b) Own home
(c) Sister's home
(d) Father's grave

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

7. Antigone states that Creon's law will never be __________ law, which is the law Antigone believes is important.
(a) Rome's
(b) God's
(c) Her
(d) Aphrodite's

8. Man is held in _________ for his stamina and his spirit, no matter what other things he might do.
(a) Fear
(b) Rage
(c) Awe
(d) Contempt

9. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.
(a) Book
(b) Statue in his memory
(c) Full military burial
(d) Pension for his family

10. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?
(a) Burning it
(b) Anointing it
(c) Singing to it
(d) Nothing

11. What is the relationship between Polyneices and Antigone in this play?
(a) Brother and sister
(b) Nephew and Aunt
(c) Son and mother
(d) Cousins

12. What is the relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices in the play, even though they fight each other?
(a) Lovers
(b) Cousins
(c) Brothers
(d) Father and son

13. Who interrogates the Sentry when he reveals the person who is responsible for burying the body?
(a) The prophet
(b) Haemon
(c) Choragos
(d) Creon

14. Who does the Sentry admit is responsible for the burying of Polyneices?
(a) Haemon
(b) Himself
(c) Antigone
(d) Ismene

15. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.
(a) Public hanging
(b) Public stoning
(c) New leader
(d) War

Short Answer Questions

1. Man is considered to be the one who has ____________ animals, according to the content of the ode.

2. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.

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

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

5. Man turns the soil of the land with the offspring of ____________, according to the ode.

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