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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ismene tries to uphold __________ law and does not believe anyone should oppose it during the play.
(a) Haemon's
(b) Man's
(c) Creon's
(d) God's

2. And ___________, and wind-swift thought, and all the moods that would a state, hath he taught himself.
(a) Speech
(b) Poetry
(c) Dancing
(d) Fighting

3. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.
(a) Laws
(b) Ideals
(c) Relationships
(d) Kingdoms

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

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

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

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

8. Antigone claims she will be ready to face a/an _____________ death if she is caught in her actions.
(a) Honorable
(b) Easy
(c) Quick
(d) Painful

9. 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

10. How does Creon describe Antigone after she calls him a fool during her interrogation?
(a) Just a woman
(b) Iron
(c) Idiotic
(d) Stupid

11. What is not one of the animals that the Chorus notes that man can tame or master?
(a) Bull
(b) Horse
(c) Fish
(d) Beast

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

13. What is the color of the shield of Polyneices, according to the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Black
(d) Blue

14. Ismene feels powerless as a __________ at the start of the story, in addition to her family background.
(a) Sister
(b) Woman
(c) Queen
(d) Mother

15. Creon argues that ______________ would be insulted that Antigone decided to bury the body of Polyneices.
(a) Polyneices
(b) Eteocles
(c) Ismene
(d) Oedipus

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who killed herself when she realized the incestuous relationship had taken place?

3. But some god strikes them down, and the race hath no __________________, according to the Chorus.

4. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.

5. What did the person who tried to bury the body use in order to start to cover Polyneices up?

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