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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 5, what does Creon say about the ritual of burial?
(a) That its various components are beyond comprehension.
(b) That it deters grave robbers.
(c) That it is something that all heroes deserve.
(d) That it is meaningless.

2. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) It is tenuous and unrelenting.
(b) It is depressing and convoluted.
(c) It is uncomfortable.
(d) It is simple and straightforward.

3. In Part 5, to what does Antigone say that Polynices is entitled?
(a) Peace.
(b) A proper burial.
(c) Equal treatment.
(d) Rest.

4. What does Antigone say when Creon confronts her about covering Polynices?
(a) She stays silent.
(b) She blames it on the guards.
(c) She vehemently denies the accusation.
(d) She admits doing so.

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

6. Where is Antigone's execution to take place?
(a) At the gallows.
(b) In an empty cave.
(c) In the town common.
(d) In the palace courtyard.

7. In Part 5, what does Creon say about Polynices and Eteocles?
(a) They were good brothers to her.
(b) They were heroes, but Creon must find a way to make a point.
(c) They were not leaders fit for the crown.
(d) They killed their father to inherit the throne.

8. What does the Chorus remind Creon about Antigone in Part 6?
(a) She is loyal to her family.
(b) She has a point.
(c) She is just a child.
(d) Her sister needs her since the rest of the family is dead.

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

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

11. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) Mind numbing yet joyous.
(b) Sad and disingenuous.
(c) Restful because there is no hope.
(d) Fearful.

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

13. Antigone asks Jonas to do something for her in Part 6. She tells Jonas that she would like this done when?
(a) After Ismene gets to the palace.
(b) When they take her to be executed.
(c) Immediately.
(d) After she is dead.

14. What does Antigone do in response to Creon's promise in Part 5?
(a) She tells him that it doesn't matter because she will just do it again.
(b) She begins to cry.
(c) She tells him that she is not hungry.
(d) She turns her back on him.

15. In Part 4, what does Creon do in response to the guards telling him what Antigone has done?
(a) He gapes in disbelief.
(b) He bribes the guards to keep their mouths shut.
(c) He grabs her arm angrily.
(d) He sends the guards away.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon say he will do if Antigone does what he tells her to do in Part 5?

2. How does Antigone respond to the first thing that Creon asks her in Part 5?

3. In Part 6, what does Antigone ask Jonas to do for her?

4. In Part 5, Creon explodes into a long speech and tells Antigone that she is just like who?

5. What does Creon say he is going to do in Part 4 in response to Polynices's body being covered?

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