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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?
(a) Creon
(b) Mercury
(c) Zeus
(d) Apollo

2. Eventually those who are evil will have to face truth and ______________ for their deeds.
(a) Justice
(b) Peace
(c) Death
(d) Punishment

3. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.
(a) Wonders
(b) Disciples
(c) Animals
(d) Creations

4. What is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?
(a) Firing squad
(b) Stoning
(c) Poisoning
(d) Hanging

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

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

7. What is believed to be on Ismene and Antigone as a result of Oedipus and Jocasta's actions?
(a) Blessing
(b) A burden of making things right
(c) Curse
(d) Genetic disease

8. What does Ismene compliment Antigone on before she leaves her to herself and to her actions?
(a) Love
(b) Jealousy
(c) Pride
(d) Loyalty

9. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.
(a) Wicked
(b) Warriors
(c) Rebels
(d) Bastards

10. Thy power, O __________, what human trespass can limit? - the Chorus in this ode during the play.
(a) Creon
(b) Oedipus
(c) Antigone
(d) Zeus

11. What did the guards do in order to determine who would deliver the news to Creon?
(a) Threw dice
(b) Drew straws
(c) Drew swords
(d) Wrestled

12. Who killed herself when she realized the incestuous relationship had taken place?
(a) Jocasta
(b) Antigone
(c) Eurydice
(d) Hera

13. The Chorus in this scene is a group of singers and dancers who are meant to represent the _____________.
(a) Mind of Antigone
(b) Conscience of Creon
(c) Fates
(d) Common man

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

15. "....the disappointment comes on one who knoweth nought till he burn his __________ against the hot fire."
(a) Head
(b) Hand
(c) Arm
(d) Foot

Short Answer Questions

1. The ___________ accuse each other of being the one who buried the body illegally during the play.

2. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?

3. What is the relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices in the play, even though they fight each other?

4. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.

5. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.

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