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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.
(a) Grow
(b) Love
(c) Teach
(d) Reason

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

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

8. Who goes to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices as the prophet said should be done?
(a) Creon
(b) The boy
(c) Choragos
(d) Haemon

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

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

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

12. Who does Creon feel have always manipulated him, which is a sign of his own self pity for his situation?
(a) Animals
(b) The Gods
(c) Women
(d) The prophets

13. 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 stoning
(d) Death by poison

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the king imprison in a story the Chorus relates about the idea of jealousy?

2. The Chorus talks about love's strength and destruction, such as it is between Creon and ____________.

3. Once offended, the Chorus states, gods and goddesses are without ____________ for the offending party.

4. Haemon tells his father than ____________ has nothing to do with being right or wrong.

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

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