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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Creon say he is going to do in Part 4 in response to Polynices's body being covered?
(a) Change nothing.
(b) Double the guard detail.
(c) Leave the body out in the open while the guards hide to see who the perpetrator is.
(d) Have the guards shoot to kill.

3. What does Jonas chat with Antigone about in Part 6?
(a) Rivalries between the officers and guards.
(b) All the answers are true.
(c) His family.
(d) Life in the barracks.

4. In Part 5, why does Antigone ask Creon to kill her in a certain way?
(a) Because she doesn't want to make a scene.
(b) Because she doesn't want to be tortured.
(c) Because she wants Thebes to know how their king treats honorable people.
(d) Because she can't be brave forever.

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

6. What is Jonas asking Antigone when the guards burst in?
(a) To whom to deliver the letter.
(b) To which saint to pray.
(c) Why she is making such a sacrifice.
(d) Why her sister wasn't there.

7. In Part 4, who is Jonas?
(a) One of Creon's sons.
(b) One of Creon's advisors.
(c) An significant member of the Chorus.
(d) One of the guards.

8. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) There is no comic relief to be found.
(b) Broken relationships will inevitably follow.
(c) The characters must all die at the end.
(d) The characters must surrender to the will of fate.

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

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

11. While the guards are discussing Antigone's capture, what does she ask of them?
(a) If they will let her go.
(b) If she can sit down.
(c) If she will suffer.
(d) If she can speak with Ismene.

12. How does Antigone respond to the first thing that Creon asks her in Part 5?
(a) She says that she has.
(b) She refuses to answer.
(c) She spits in Creon's face.
(d) She lies.

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

14. In Part 5, when Creon explains his reasoning behind his actions, of what does Antigone accuse him?
(a) Being a puppet to the people of Thebes.
(b) Being heartless.
(c) Being afraid to do his duty.
(d) Being a dictator.

15. In Part 5, what reason does Creon give for making the ruling he did?
(a) His predecessors must tell the gods that he is strong.
(b) Those standing in line for the crown are only waiting for his moment of weakness.
(c) His authority had to be respected.
(d) He hated Polynices.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, what does the heat of the sun do?

2. What instrument was used to throw earth on Polynices's body in Part 4?

3. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?

4. In Part 4, what does Creon say will happen to Jonas if he keeps quiet?

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

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