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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. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?
(a) Her suffering
(b) Her beauty
(c) Her innocence
(d) Her royal ancestry

2. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.
(a) Haemon
(b) The Chorus
(c) The God
(d) The city

3. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.
(a) Teach
(b) Love
(c) Grow
(d) Reason

4. The Chorus notes that even the powerful are not immune to ___________, as the wife could not let go of her sadness
(a) Grief
(b) Happiness
(c) Pain
(d) Fear

5. Who was the son supposed to kill as a result of a prophesy that was given?
(a) His brother
(b) His uncle
(c) His cousin
(d) His father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Messenger understands that the queen's _____________ might be too great for public display.

3. Who does Creon feel have always manipulated him, which is a sign of his own self pity for his situation?

4. Haemon shares with Creon that the people see Antigone as ____________ for the actions she has taken.

5. Love has power over all mortals and _____________, according to the Chorus within this ode during the play.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Messenger say about the grief that the queen must be feeling after the events which took place?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Haemon come to say to his father, Creon, when he learns about Antigone?

7. What does the Messenger have to say about fate at the start of this scene of the play?

8. Why is Creon happy that Haemon's fascination with Antigone seems to be fading?

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

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

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