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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many captains were at the gates and were matched again during the battle?
(a) Seven
(b) Two
(c) Ten
(d) Eight

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

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

4. Without ______________, he meets nothing that must come; only against Death shall he call for aid in vain.
(a) Resource
(b) Love
(c) Rulers
(d) A woman

5. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.
(a) Angry
(b) Sad
(c) Happy
(d) Swayed

6. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.
(a) Evil
(b) Father
(c) God
(d) Sire

7. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?
(a) Women
(b) Older men
(c) Younger residents
(d) Surrounding cities

8. What is the one force from which the Chorus notes that man is not immune?
(a) Taxes
(b) Disease
(c) Birth
(d) Death

9. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.
(a) Power
(b) Spirit
(c) Truth
(d) Honesty

10. What does Antigone throw back in Ismene's face when Ismene says she will be silent about the actions?
(a) Her incestuous relationship with her brother
(b) Her false promises
(c) Her cowardice
(d) Her bloodline

11. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?
(a) Young boy
(b) Sentry
(c) Messenger
(d) The prophet

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

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

14. 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) Apollo
(c) Zeus
(d) Mercury

15. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.
(a) Peace
(b) Power
(c) Punishment
(d) Pride

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.

2. Who introduces the character of Creon to the play and to the audience who might be watching the play?

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

4. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.

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

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