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

2. The prophet goes on to tell Creon that he will be paid back _________________.
(a) Ten times fold
(b) Corpse for corpse
(c) With a war to end all wars
(d) With great poverty

3. No ____________ can escape love, according to the Chorus within this scene.
(a) Woman
(b) Mortal
(c) Man
(d) Immortal

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

5. What did the king discover about Antigone when he went to her vault where she was imprisoned?
(a) She had escaped
(b) She was asleep
(c) She was alive
(d) She hanged herself

Short Answer Questions

1. Love keepest the vigil on the soft cheek of a ____________, according to the Chorus in this section during the play.

2. Who does the Messenger now call a walking dead man during the first part of this scene during the play?

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

4. Creon is told by ______________ that trees and ships yield to the destructive nature of floods.

5. Creon tells Haemon he is grateful for his ____________ in all matters, and is pleased with Haemon's answer.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does this ode praise within the story and within the story of mankind as a whole?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does love have the power over, according to this ode in the play?

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

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

10. To whom does Antigone compare her emotional state during her time before Creon?

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