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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Creon believes he will be seen as stronger for refusing to yield to showing ______________ with Antigone.
(a) Patience
(b) Anger
(c) Gratitude
(d) Mercy

2. Who was the son supposed to kill as a result of a prophesy that was given?
(a) His brother
(b) His cousin
(c) His father
(d) His uncle

3. Antigone asks that all see her as a woman about to die, a woman who will never ____________.
(a) Marry
(b) Live
(c) See her sister again
(d) Laugh again

4. Creon believes there is no greater evil than _____________ for that is what destroys households and nations.
(a) Peace
(b) Love
(c) Anarchy
(d) Pride

5. No ____________ can escape love, according to the Chorus within this scene.
(a) Mortal
(b) Man
(c) Woman
(d) Immortal

6. Who is commiserating about the dominion of fate at the start of this final scene?
(a) Messenger
(b) Choragos
(c) Sentry
(d) Haemon

7. Haemon shares with Creon that the people see Antigone as ____________ for the actions she has taken.
(a) Reckless
(b) Honorable
(c) Despicable
(d) Wrong

8. Even though Creon believes himself to be right, he will not fight _____________.
(a) Haemon
(b) Choragos
(c) The prophet
(d) Destiny

9. Antigone agrees that her father's ______________ guilt plagues all her family from the grave.
(a) Murderous
(b) Godless
(c) Incestuous
(d) Anarchistic

10. Choragos tells Creon that the gods are ___________ to him now during the play.
(a) Useless
(b) Deaf
(c) Listening
(d) Sympathetic

11. Who leads Teiresias into the court in order to see the King Creon and tell him some news during the play?
(a) Ismene
(b) Messenger
(c) A boy
(d) Sentry

12. Creon realizes that the tragedy is surely punishment from _________ and the pain is immeasurable.
(a) His ancestors
(b) The prophet
(c) God
(d) Himself

13. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.
(a) Haemon
(b) The city
(c) The Chorus
(d) The God

14. The Greek goddess of love much enjoys watching men's foolishness when it comes to ___________.
(a) Marriage
(b) Family
(c) War
(d) Love

15. The Messenger understands that the queen's _____________ might be too great for public display.
(a) Grief
(b) Happiness
(c) Influence
(d) Power

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon tells Haemon he is grateful for his ____________ in all matters, and is pleased with Haemon's answer.

2. Where was King Lycurgus imprisoned for offending a certain goddesses who preside over the people?

3. The Chorus, as a result of the story it shares, laments the powerlessness of man over _____________.

4. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.

5. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?

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