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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. What is not one of the animals that the Chorus notes that man can tame or master?
(a) Beast
(b) Fish
(c) Horse
(d) Bull

2. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.
(a) God
(b) Evil
(c) Sire
(d) Father

3. Antigone points out to Creon that she is aware that __________ is inevitable for her, both now and in the future.
(a) Happiness
(b) Peace
(c) Death
(d) Glory

4. What does Ismene swear to Antigone when she hears of Antigone's decision to act?
(a) That she will not support her
(b) Secrecy
(c) To tell Creon
(d) That she will help her

5. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."
(a) Heaven
(b) The ground
(c) Hell
(d) The city

Short Answer Questions

1. "....the disappointment comes on one who knoweth nought till he burn his __________ against the hot fire."

2. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.

3. Without ______________, he meets nothing that must come; only against Death shall he call for aid in vain.

4. At what time of day does the story taking place in the play begin?

5. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.

Short Essay Questions

1. No matter the vicissitudes of life, what does the Chorus say man is held in?

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

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

4. What happens to men who are happy in their evil doings, according to the Chorus in this scene?

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

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

7. What is the status of the battle at the start of the play, ANTIGONE?

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

9. What does the Chorus praise when they are speaking in this section of the play?

10. What are Antigone and Ismene commiserating about at the start of the story that drives the rest of the play?

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