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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antigone states that Creon's law will never be __________ law, which is the law Antigone believes is important.
(a) Aphrodite's
(b) Rome's
(c) Her
(d) God's

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

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

4. How does Antigone respond when she is questioned by King Creon about her actions?
(a) She says nothing
(b) She denies everything
(c) She blames Ismene
(d) She denies nothing

5. And through the future, near and far, as through the past, shall this ___________ hold good.
(a) Law
(b) Peace
(c) Secret
(d) Whisper

6. Creon lets the people know that his position is __________ ordained and thus he is the rightful heir.
(a) Parentally
(b) Personally
(c) Divinely
(d) Earthly

7. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?
(a) Blind himself
(b) Try to kill Jocasta
(c) Try to kill Antigone
(d) Kill himself

8. And _________, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear...
(a) Zeus
(b) Creon
(c) The Moon
(d) Earth

9. _________ supported the Thebans as he does not support the proud, like Polyneices and his army.
(a) God
(b) Eteocles
(c) Creon
(d) Haemon

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

11. Who is the leader of the group who is telling the story within this section of the play?
(a) Creon
(b) Choragos
(c) Haemon
(d) Antigone

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?

2. Choragos speaks for the Chorus as ___________, pleading for more active support from others in the city during the play.

3. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.

4. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.

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

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