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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.
(a) Bastards
(b) Warriors
(c) Wicked
(d) Rebels

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

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

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

10. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.
(a) Her
(b) Zeus
(c) Creon
(d) God

11. That _______, in turn, in brought low -- by the blood-stained dust die to the gods infernal.
(a) Hope
(b) Truth
(c) Justice
(d) Peace

12. What is the relationship between Polyneices and Antigone in this play?
(a) Brother and sister
(b) Cousins
(c) Nephew and Aunt
(d) Son and mother

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

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

15. Antigone points out to Creon that she is aware that __________ is inevitable for her, both now and in the future.
(a) Happiness
(b) Peace
(c) Death
(d) Glory

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?

2. Man is considered to be the one who has ____________ animals, according to the content of the ode.

3. What does Antigone throw back in Ismene's face when Ismene says she will be silent about the actions?

4. Creon shares that he will not show any ___________ in his rule nor will he patronize anyone.

5. Who was the captive of the Sentry, the person for which the Sentry was responsible during the play?

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