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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the Chorus state that Polyneices came from when he entered into battle?
(a) Rome
(b) Argos
(c) Thebes
(d) Sicily

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

4. Who slew Polyneices during that final battle that caused him to be left without a proper burial?
(a) Haemon
(b) Antigone
(c) Creon
(d) Eteocles

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

6. Creon believes that because of Antigone's stubbornness, she will inevitably __________.
(a) Learn
(b) Win
(c) Get her way
(d) Break

7. What happened at midday when the guards were watching the body that was not supposed to be buried?
(a) It began to storm
(b) It grew dark
(c) A fog rolled in
(d) The sun began to shine brighter

8. What does Ismene swear to Antigone when she hears of Antigone's decision to act?
(a) To tell Creon
(b) That she will help her
(c) Secrecy
(d) That she will not support her

9. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.
(a) Blood
(b) Loyalty
(c) History
(d) Punishments

10. Creon realizes he still needs to prove his worth to the people as a _____________.
(a) Fighter
(b) Judge
(c) Leader
(d) Friend

11. Creon gives ____________ to anyone who contradicts the king's wishes concerning the burial during the play.
(a) Blessings
(b) No support
(c) Poison
(d) More taxes

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

13. What did Antigone sprinkle over the body of her brother after the winds picked up at midday?
(a) Dust
(b) Clay
(c) Wax
(d) Flowers

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is believed to be on Ismene and Antigone as a result of Oedipus and Jocasta's actions?

2. What is not one of the animals that the Chorus notes that man can tame or master?

3. The Chorus in this scene is a group of singers and dancers who are meant to represent the _____________.

4. Thou, a ruler to whom ____________ brings not old age, dwellest in the dazzling splendour of Olympus.

5. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.

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