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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does the new wife blind after the king imprisons the person as answered in #153?
(a) Her husband's first wife
(b) Her husband's daughter
(c) Her husband's two sons
(d) Herself

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

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

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

6. What is Antigone's sentence as handed down by Creon as a result of her actions in burying the body?
(a) Death by hanging
(b) Death by starvation
(c) Death by poison
(d) Death by stoning

7. 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

8. Love has power over all mortals and _____________, according to the Chorus within this ode during the play.
(a) Women
(b) Animals
(c) Gods
(d) Immortals

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

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

11. Creon believes that Antigone deserves nothing more than to find a husband in __________ after what she has done.
(a) Spain
(b) Rome
(c) Hell
(d) Heaven

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

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

14. If you are to be weak in your allegiances, Creon says, make it to a ____________.
(a) Man
(b) Sentry
(c) God
(d) Woman

15. The prophet goes on to tell Creon that he will be paid back _________________.
(a) Corpse for corpse
(b) Ten times fold
(c) With great poverty
(d) With a war to end all wars

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the offering that the prophet made to the gods after the prophet heard strange sounds?

2. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.

3. What does Antigone believe that Creon should be found guilty of in relation to his reaction to her actions?

4. No ____________ can escape love, according to the Chorus within this scene.

5. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.

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