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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 did the king imprison in a story the Chorus relates about the idea of jealousy?
(a) His first wife
(b) His mother
(c) His son
(d) His daughter

2. Once offended, the Chorus states, gods and goddesses are without ____________ for the offending party.
(a) Power
(b) Mercy
(c) Repercussions
(d) Justice

3. Who was cursing Creon in their final moments on earth before they killed themselves?
(a) Choragos
(b) Eurydice
(c) Antigone
(d) Ismene

4. Creon believes that Antigone deserves nothing more than to find a husband in __________ after what she has done.
(a) Rome
(b) Heaven
(c) Hell
(d) Spain

5. Haemon tells his father than ____________ has nothing to do with being right or wrong.
(a) Sex
(b) Age
(c) Justice
(d) Love

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Creon apt to decide that the prophet has been telling him the truth about his situation?

2. Who is commiserating about the dominion of fate at the start of this final scene?

3. The Chorus, as a result of the story it shares, laments the powerlessness of man over _____________.

4. Creon believes there is no greater evil than _____________ for that is what destroys households and nations.

5. Antigone agrees that her father's ______________ guilt plagues all her family from the grave.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Chorus elaborate on when it comes to love and its role in the relationship of Haemon and Creon?

4. When did Teiresias make an offering to the gods, he tells Creon, that was then refused?

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

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

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

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

9. What does the Chorus lament in relation to Antigone's story and to the story of the princess?

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

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