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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Swords
(b) Goats
(c) Our gore
(d) Fire

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

3. How many gates does Thebes have, according to the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Seven
(d) Ten

4. Man turns the soil of the land with the offspring of ____________, according to the ode.
(a) Man
(b) Cows
(c) Fish
(d) Horses

5. What is the new tone of this group of citizens that is now speaking to the audience?
(a) Fear
(b) Hatred
(c) Compassion
(d) Happiness

6. Creon sees his job as for the general _____________ over personal alliances and over personal friendships.
(a) Military
(b) Good
(c) Riches
(d) Peace

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

8. Nothing that is cast enters into the life of mortals without a ____________, according to the Chorus.
(a) Sentence
(b) Catch
(c) Flaw
(d) Curse

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

10. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.
(a) Dead
(b) Living
(c) Warriors
(d) Faithful

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

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

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

14. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.
(a) Enemies
(b) Peaceful
(c) Wicked
(d) Frost

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.

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

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

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

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