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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 4 (Fourth Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The king cautions against the _____________ and the power of bribery in breaking his decree.
(a) Temptation
(b) Riches
(c) Strength
(d) Evil

2. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?
(a) Messenger
(b) Sentry
(c) Young boy
(d) The prophet

3. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.
(a) Peace
(b) Love
(c) Trust
(d) Loyalty

4. That __________ which neither sleep, the all-ensnaring, not the untiring months of the gods can master.
(a) Power
(b) Honesty
(c) Truth
(d) Spirit

5. Creon is concerned about the people and their worries about having a ____________.
(a) Public stoning
(b) Public hanging
(c) New leader
(d) War

Short Answer Questions

1. Antigone agrees that her father's ______________ guilt plagues all her family from the grave.

2. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.

3. What kind of image is used to show the wrath that is passed on to future generations?

4. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?

5. _____________ starts to tear up at the sight of Antigone being led into the room during the play.

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