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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. Creon understands the problems of ______, yet elicits duty from them in their support of his decree.
(a) Age
(b) Warriors
(c) Men
(d) Women

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

3. How does Antigone respond when she is questioned by King Creon about her actions?
(a) She says nothing
(b) She denies everything
(c) She denies nothing
(d) She blames Ismene

4. How many captains were at the gates and were matched again during the battle?
(a) Seven
(b) Two
(c) Ten
(d) Eight

5. The Chorus also speaks of the orderliness of kept __________ within a society during the play.
(a) Laws
(b) Kingdoms
(c) Relationships
(d) Ideals

Short Answer Questions

1. Antigone points out to Creon that she is aware that __________ is inevitable for her, both now and in the future.

2. The ode implies that the woes of Antigone are directly related to her _____________, Oedipus.

3. The Chorus notes that it can see that generation is not ____________ by generation during the play.

4. And through the future, near and far, as through the past, shall this ___________ hold good.

5. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did the guards do after Creon threatened the sentry initially after questioning him?

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

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

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

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

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

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