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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Should the proud have survived to old age, notes Choragos, they will have learned to be _________.
(a) Merciful
(b) Caring
(c) Wise
(d) Helpful

7. What did the king discover about Antigone when he went to her vault where she was imprisoned?
(a) She was asleep
(b) She hanged herself
(c) She was alive
(d) She had escaped

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

9. The prophet tells Creon to _______________ and to rescind his proclamation.
(a) Bury Polyneices
(b) Dig up Eteocles
(c) Step down from power
(d) Get over himself

10. Who does the Messenger now call a walking dead man during the first part of this scene during the play?
(a) Choragos
(b) The prophet
(c) Creon
(d) Haemon

11. Who was cursing Creon in their final moments on earth before they killed themselves?
(a) Antigone
(b) Choragos
(c) Ismene
(d) Eurydice

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

13. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?
(a) Her royal ancestry
(b) Her beauty
(c) Her suffering
(d) Her innocence

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of the visitor who came to see the princess when she was locked up?

2. Haemon shares with Creon that the people see Antigone as ____________ for the actions she has taken.

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

4. Who was the son supposed to kill as a result of a prophesy that was given?

5. Antigone agrees that her father's ______________ guilt plagues all her family from the grave.

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