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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 does the Messenger now call a walking dead man during the first part of this scene during the play?
(a) Choragos
(b) The prophet
(c) Haemon
(d) Creon

2. Haemon tells Creon, "It is not __________ never to yield to reason!" within their discussion of Antigone.
(a) Reason
(b) Difficult
(c) Possible
(d) Fair

3. What is the focus of this ode in the play? What theme is being discussed during this section?
(a) Friendship
(b) War
(c) Love
(d) Pride

4. Who does the new wife blind after the king imprisons the person as answered in #153?
(a) Her husband's daughter
(b) Herself
(c) Her husband's two sons
(d) Her husband's first wife

5. Who gave Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, a proper burial at the end of this play?
(a) Antigone
(b) Haemon
(c) Creon
(d) Choragos

Short Answer Questions

1. The prophet tells Creon to _______________ and to rescind his proclamation.

2. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.

3. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.

4. Should the proud have survived to old age, notes Choragos, they will have learned to be _________.

5. Haemon tells his father than ____________ has nothing to do with being right or wrong.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Messenger answer the queen, Eurydice, with honesty rather than with lies?

2. What is the other story of jealousy that the Chorus relates to the audience within this ode, regarding the king and his first wife?

3. What does Creon feel about prophets and what they have done to him in the past?

4. What does Creon pity in some men after talking with Haemon about their relationship?

5. What happened in the tomb of Antigone after Creon buried Polyneices properly?

6. Why does Creon believe he will be seen as even more powerful than he is now?

7. What does the prophet tell Creon will happen if he goes through with his actions?

8. Who is the goddess of love and of beauty who the Chorus thinks also enjoys watching the foolishness of man?

9. Why was King Lycurgus, Dyras' son, imprisoned in stone, according to the Chorus in this ode?

10. What is Choragos' reaction when Antigone is brought before Creon at the start of this scene?

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