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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose decree proclaims that the body of the fallen man is not to be buried by anyone under punishment of death?
(a) Choragos
(b) Haemon's
(c) Creon's
(d) Oedipus'

2. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.
(a) Blood
(b) Punishments
(c) History
(d) Loyalty

3. Who was the captive of the Sentry, the person for which the Sentry was responsible during the play?
(a) Eteocles
(b) Haemon
(c) Ismene
(d) Antigone

4. Without ______________, he meets nothing that must come; only against Death shall he call for aid in vain.
(a) Resource
(b) Love
(c) Rulers
(d) A woman

5. Who is afraid of Creon's wrath and of breaking the law, even though it would be an honorable action?
(a) Ismene
(b) Haemon
(c) Creon
(d) Antigone

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.

2. The Chorus in this ode goes on about the greatness of ___________ when they speak to the audience.

3. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.

4. Man turns the soil of the land with the offspring of ____________, according to the ode.

5. What else does the Chorus remind the audience that man is strong in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the sentry interrogated by Choragos after he is also yelled at and threatened by Creon?

2. What does Creon say about his position and his worthiness to be in such a position?

3. What does the decree of King Creon have to say about the burial of Antigone and Ismene's brothers?

4. What is the tone that the Chorus now takes on, which is different from the earlier tone it shared?

5. In relation to man and to his frailty, the Chorus brings up the evil in having what?

6. Why does Creon say that Eteocles will receive a proper burial after his efforts in the battle?

7. What are Choragos and the Chorus meant to represent during the rest of the play?

8. What transpired between the two brothers, according to the Chorus in the play during this scene?

9. What does Creon caution against in the support of his decree about the burial rulings for the two men?

10. To whom does this ode of the play attribute most of Antigone's problems?

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