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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Haemon tells Creon, "It is not __________ never to yield to reason!" within their discussion of Antigone.
(a) Reason
(b) Possible
(c) Difficult
(d) Fair

3. The Chorus notes that even the powerful are not immune to ___________, as the wife could not let go of her sadness
(a) Fear
(b) Pain
(c) Grief
(d) Happiness

4. When Choragos asks the Messenger about his depressing tone, who does the Messenger say has killed himself?
(a) The sentry
(b) Haemon
(c) Creon
(d) The prophet

5. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?
(a) The fields
(b) A platform
(c) The bathroom
(d) The vault

6. Why was the princess to which Antigone is compared locked up in a prison during the play?
(a) Defying the king
(b) A prophesy
(c) Burying her sister
(d) A murder

7. Who was with Antigone in the tomb when Creon showed up to let her go?
(a) Ismene
(b) The prophet
(c) Eurydice
(d) Haemon

8. Where was King Lycurgus imprisoned for offending a certain goddesses who preside over the people?
(a) A castle
(b) In stone
(c) A basket
(d) The river

9. Choragos tells Creon to do as the prophet tells him to do as the justice of the __________ is swift.
(a) Gods
(b) People
(c) Fates
(d) Prophets

10. What is the focus of this ode in the play? What theme is being discussed during this section?
(a) Love
(b) Pride
(c) War
(d) Friendship

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

12. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.
(a) Choragos
(b) Haemon
(c) Ismene
(d) Creon

13. Haemon tells his father than ____________ has nothing to do with being right or wrong.
(a) Sex
(b) Love
(c) Justice
(d) Age

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

15. Even though the king might have everything in life a powerful man might want, without __________ he has nothing coveted by others.
(a) Family
(b) Peace
(c) Happiness
(d) Destiny

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Messenger now call a walking dead man during the first part of this scene during the play?

2. Who visited the princess during her imprisonment for something she could do nothing about?

3. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.

4. Who is the Greek goddess of love and of beauty, according to history and to the Chorus?

5. If you are to be weak in your allegiances, Creon says, make it to a ____________.

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