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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 6, what does Creon say about his quarrel with Antigone over Polynices's body?
(a) It was just an excuse.
(b) It eventually convinced him to release the body.
(c) It was a way for him to learn Antigone's true nature.
(d) It simply proved that Antigone was impudent.

2. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) Preening and dispicable.
(b) Decidedly dolorous.
(c) Dirty and avoidable.
(d) Clean and inevitable.

3. How does Antigone leave at the very end of Part 6?
(a) Crying and shaking.
(b) Calmly.
(c) Fighting and screaming.
(d) Unwillingly.

4. In Part 4, what does the heat of the sun do?
(a) Makes the guards sweat and complain.
(b) Cause the body to smell and make Jonas dizzy.
(c) Forces the guards to seek shelter.
(d) Makes Jonas dizzy.

5. Antigone asks how she will be executed. What is the answer?
(a) Buried alive.
(b) Stoned.
(c) Drawn and quartered.
(d) Hung.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

2. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?

3. In Part 2, who does Ismene say dies for ideas?

4. In Part 4, who is Jonas?

5. What did Antigone fling at Ismene when they were children?

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