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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Chorus assures Antigone in her situation that she will have a peaceful ___________.
(a) Family
(b) History
(c) Afterlife
(d) Death

3. Creon is delighted that Haemon's fascination with ____________ seems to be eroding during this scene during the play.
(a) Antigone
(b) Zeus
(c) Oedipus
(d) Ismene

4. What happened to the offering that the prophet made to the gods after the prophet heard strange sounds?
(a) It was accepted
(b) It disappeared
(c) It was given back to him as an offering
(d) It was refused

5. The goddesses that King Lycurgus offended were NOT the goddesses who looked over ______________.
(a) Sciences
(b) Arts
(c) Literature
(d) Mathematics

6. The Chorus compares Antigone to ___________, a princess who was imprisoned for an act she might commit.
(a) Niobe
(b) Hera
(c) Hecate
(d) Danae

7. Haemon responds to Creon that his __________ is his guide and no marriage is worth losing that.
(a) God
(b) Mother
(c) Heart
(d) Father

8. The prophet tells Creon he has kept Polyneices from ____________ and buried Antigone alive.
(a) The gods
(b) The truth
(c) His sister
(d) His family

9. The Chorus talks about love's strength and destruction, such as it is between Creon and ____________.
(a) Haemon
(b) Eurydice
(c) Ismene
(d) Antigone

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

11. The prophet cautions Creon and the actions he has taken, saying that he is on the edge of __________.
(a) Fate
(b) Happiness
(c) Doom
(d) Mercy

12. Creon believes that Antigone would have been trouble for Haemon both in and out of _________.
(a) The war
(b) Their home
(c) Bed
(d) His sight

13. Antigone still believes she has done no ____________ wrong and that Creon is the guilty one.
(a) Physical
(b) Wartime
(c) Emotional
(d) Moral

14. What was the result of the visitor who came to see the princess when she was locked up?
(a) A strong spell
(b) She died
(c) A son
(d) A curse

15. Who gave Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, a proper burial at the end of this play?
(a) Choragos
(b) Haemon
(c) Antigone
(d) Creon

Short Answer Questions

1. Haemon points out to his father that the citizens of the city do not see Antigone as a ______________.

2. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.

3. Who was with Antigone in the tomb when Creon showed up to let her go?

4. Whose arrival does Choragos announce at the beginning of the scene in the play?

5. Creon realizes that the tragedy is surely punishment from _________ and the pain is immeasurable.

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