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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. The Chorus states that they believe Antigone to be ____________, and neither illness nor war carries her to her death.
(a) Justified
(b) Wronged
(c) Honorable
(d) Cursed

2. Haemon responds to Creon that his __________ is his guide and no marriage is worth losing that.
(a) Father
(b) Mother
(c) God
(d) Heart

3. Why is Creon apt to decide that the prophet has been telling him the truth about his situation?
(a) He is too tired to argue
(b) The prophet has never been wrong
(c) He is getting pressure from the Chorus too
(d) He sees a sign from Zeus

4. Who goes to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices as the prophet said should be done?
(a) Choragos
(b) Haemon
(c) The boy
(d) Creon

5. Antigone asks that all see her as a woman about to die, a woman who will never ____________.
(a) See her sister again
(b) Live
(c) Laugh again
(d) Marry

Short Answer Questions

1. If you are to be weak in your allegiances, Creon says, make it to a ____________.

2. What does Antigone believe that Creon should be found guilty of in relation to his reaction to her actions?

3. Choragos tells Creon to do as the prophet tells him to do as the justice of the __________ is swift.

4. The prophet goes on to tell Creon that he will be paid back _________________.

5. Who is the Greek goddess of love and of beauty, according to history and to the Chorus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Antigone ask all to see her as when she is standing in front of everyone?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Antigone believe plagues her and all her family from the grave?

10. What does the prophet tell Creon when he enters the room, led by the boy into the court?

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