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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?
(a) Fire them.
(b) Change their assignment.
(c) Punish them.
(d) Have them executed on the spot.

2. Why can't Antigone finish what she is doing with Jonas at the end of Part 6?
(a) She becomes confused.
(b) Jonas stops her.
(c) She breaks down sobbing.
(d) The guards come to take her away.

3. What does Creon tell the Chorus about Antigone in Part 6?
(a) She is only fulfilling her ultimate destiny.
(b) She was born to die this way.
(c) She is an unrepentant fool.
(d) She is a threat to his authority.

4. When Haemon approaches his father in Part 6, what does Creon do?
(a) Tells him to talk to Antigone.
(b) Tells him that he will one day be king.
(c) Tells him to forget Antigone.
(d) Tells him to marry Ismene instead.

5. What is the reasoning that Creon gives for treating Polynices like he is?
(a) He's just an ordinary king doing his job.
(b) Polynices tried to assassinate him.
(c) He thinks that Polynices is a murderer.
(d) Polynices tried to keep him from being king.

6. What are the guards assigned to do in Part 4?
(a) Keep asassins out of the castle.
(b) Watch over Polynices's body.
(c) Keep interlopers out of the courtyard.
(d) Watch over the king's family.

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

8. In Part 5, how does Antigone ask Creon to kill her?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Humanely.
(d) Publically.

9. In Part 6, what has happened to the palace?
(a) An earthquake has torn down the main tower.
(b) A mob of citizens has broken in.
(c) It has been siezed by a neighboring king.
(d) It has been redecorated in Creon's style.

10. When Creon asks where Antigone is going in Part 5, what does she say?
(a) She tells him that he knows.
(b) She tells him that she is going to talk to Haemon.
(c) She tells him that it is none of his business.
(d) She tells him that she is going back to bed.

11. In Part 6, Antigone begs Creon to do something about the problem in the palace so she can do what?
(a) Escape while he is preoccupied.
(b) Die in peace.
(c) Talk to Haemon.
(d) Talk to Ismene.

12. What is distinctive about the item Antigone uses to bury Polynices?
(a) It was part of the box Eteocles was buried in.
(b) It was under Polynices's body.
(c) He used to play with it as a child.
(d) It was part of a bottle Polynices carried with him.

13. When Creon tells Antigone to leave, why does Creon stop her in Part 5?
(a) He can see that she is not going to her room.
(b) He thinks that she is going to commit suicide.
(c) He wants to extract a written promise from her.
(d) He wants to tell her that she needs to leave Haemon.

14. What does Creon say will happen if Antigone succeeds in burying Polynices?
(a) His body will be burned uncermoniously.
(b) She will be arrested and put to death.
(c) Her whole world will be destroyed.
(d) He will be exhumed.

15. In Part 4, what does Creon say will happen to Jonas if he keeps quiet?
(a) He will live.
(b) He will be forgiven.
(c) He will be reassigned, but his fellow guards will be executed.
(d) He will keep his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, what reason does Creon give for making the ruling he did?

2. In Part 6, with whom is Antigone left alone?

3. What does the Chorus remind Creon about Antigone in Part 6?

4. In Part 4, how deeply was Polynices's body buried?

5. What does Jonas chat with Antigone about in Part 6?

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