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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. What is the relationship that Haemon has with Antigone, according to the play?
(a) He is her fiance
(b) He is her cousin
(c) He is her brother
(d) He is her son

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

4. Who is commiserating about the dominion of fate at the start of this final scene?
(a) Messenger
(b) Sentry
(c) Choragos
(d) Haemon

5. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?
(a) The bathroom
(b) The vault
(c) A platform
(d) The fields

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, a proper burial at the end of this play?

2. What is Antigone's sentence as handed down by Creon as a result of her actions in burying the body?

3. What is Choragos no longer able to distance himself from when Antigone arrives in the room?

4. The Greek goddess of love much enjoys watching men's foolishness when it comes to ___________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. To whom does this Chorus compare Antigone in this ode and why?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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