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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) Antigone
(b) Ismene
(c) Choragos
(d) Haemon

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

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

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

5. Who did the king imprison in a story the Chorus relates about the idea of jealousy?
(a) His daughter
(b) His mother
(c) His first wife
(d) His son

6. What is the relationship that Haemon has with Antigone, according to the play?
(a) He is her fiance
(b) He is her brother
(c) He is her cousin
(d) He is her son

7. The Chorus, as a result of the story it shares, laments the powerlessness of man over _____________.
(a) Curses
(b) Destiny
(c) The Gods
(d) Justice

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

9. 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) Happiness
(d) Grief

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

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

12. The Greek goddess of love much enjoys watching men's foolishness when it comes to ___________.
(a) Marriage
(b) Love
(c) War
(d) Family

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

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

15. Creon tells Haemon he is grateful for his ____________ in all matters, and is pleased with Haemon's answer.
(a) Allegiance
(b) Appreciation
(c) Guidance
(d) Attention

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Creon apt to decide that the prophet has been telling him the truth about his situation?

2. Who goes to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices as the prophet said should be done?

3. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.

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

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

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