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

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

3. What is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?
(a) Stoning
(b) Hanging
(c) Firing squad
(d) Poisoning

4. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.
(a) Happy
(b) Angry
(c) Swayed
(d) Sad

5. What did Antigone sprinkle over the body of her brother after the winds picked up at midday?
(a) Flowers
(b) Dust
(c) Wax
(d) Clay

Short Answer Questions

1. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.

2. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.

3. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?

4. What is believed to be on Ismene and Antigone as a result of Oedipus and Jocasta's actions?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the punishment for Antigone if she goes against the decree of King Creon?

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

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

7. What will happen to Polyneices' body after he was killed during the battle?

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

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

10. What does the Chorus say about man and about his position in the universe?

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