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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. 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

2. The Chorus in this ode goes on about the greatness of ___________ when they speak to the audience.
(a) Man
(b) Power
(c) Blood
(d) Truth

3. Who is the leader of the group who is telling the story within this section of the play?
(a) Haemon
(b) Antigone
(c) Creon
(d) Choragos

4. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?
(a) Swords
(b) Our gore
(c) Fire
(d) Goats

5. What kind of image is used to show the wrath that is passed on to future generations?
(a) Water
(b) Fire
(c) Earth
(d) Air

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antigone throw back in Ismene's face when Ismene says she will be silent about the actions?

2. The Chorus does not condone ______________ or even the entertainment of such thoughts.

3. Thy power, O __________, what human trespass can limit? - the Chorus in this ode during the play.

4. But some god strikes them down, and the race hath no __________________, according to the Chorus.

5. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who informs the audience of the battle that precipitated the previous scene of the play?

2. Why did the sentry not intend to come back to speak to the king about what he knew about Antigone?

3. What does Antigone plan to do in response to the King's decree about the burial of her brother?

4. What does Antigone have to say when Creon states that she defied the law about burying her brother?

5. What are Creon's ideas about loyalty when it comes to ruling the people of Thebes?

6. What does Creon believe is secondary to the general good of the people he now rules?

7. What happened the day before the opening of the play, according to the speakers in this scene?

8. Why does God support the Theban warriors during the battle that took place prior to the start of the play?

9. What does Choragos have to say about Polyneices during the battle the previous day?

10. What is the one force from which man is not immune, according to the Chorus in this part of the play?

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