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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) Anger
(b) Patience
(c) Gratitude
(d) Mercy

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

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

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

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

6. Creon is told by ______________ that trees and ships yield to the destructive nature of floods.
(a) Antigone
(b) Ismene
(c) Haemon
(d) Choragos

7. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.
(a) Justified
(b) Honorable
(c) Wronged
(d) Cursed

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

9. Love keepest the vigil on the soft cheek of a ____________, according to the Chorus in this section during the play.
(a) Goddess
(b) Crone
(c) Maiden
(d) Man

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

11. Once offended, the Chorus states, gods and goddesses are without ____________ for the offending party.
(a) Mercy
(b) Repercussions
(c) Justice
(d) Power

12. What does Antigone believe that Creon should be found guilty of in relation to his reaction to her actions?
(a) Ignorance
(b) Acting as a God
(c) Nothing
(d) Pride

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

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

15. Who visited the princess during her imprisonment for something she could do nothing about?
(a) Creon
(b) Hera
(c) Zeus
(d) Danae

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?

3. Creon believes that Antigone deserves nothing more than to find a husband in __________ after what she has done.

4. What is the relationship that Haemon has with Antigone, according to the play?

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

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