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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. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.
(a) Pride
(b) Peace
(c) Punishment
(d) Power

2. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?
(a) The prophet
(b) Sentry
(c) Messenger
(d) Young boy

3. _____________ are many, and none is more important than man.
(a) Wonders
(b) Creations
(c) Disciples
(d) Animals

4. What is the one force from which the Chorus notes that man is not immune?
(a) Death
(b) Birth
(c) Disease
(d) Taxes

5. Who interrogates the Sentry when he reveals the person who is responsible for burying the body?
(a) Choragos
(b) Creon
(c) Haemon
(d) The prophet

Short Answer Questions

1. Ismene feels powerless as a __________ at the start of the story, in addition to her family background.

2. What were Polyneices' jaws filled with, according to the speeches of the Chorus in this scene?

3. Creon lets the people know that his position is __________ ordained and thus he is the rightful heir.

4. Who slew Polyneices during that final battle that caused him to be left without a proper burial?

5. Man also is the one who protects himself from the ____________, according to the content of the ode.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Creon do in order to address the fears of the people when a new leader emerges?

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

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

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

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