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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 3 (Third Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus notes that it can see that generation is not ____________ by generation during the play.
(a) Freed
(b) Spared
(c) Followed
(d) Eased

2. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.
(a) Father
(b) Evil
(c) Sire
(d) God

3. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?
(a) Mercury
(b) Creon
(c) Zeus
(d) Apollo

4. Creon tells Haemon he is grateful for his ____________ in all matters, and is pleased with Haemon's answer.
(a) Appreciation
(b) Allegiance
(c) Guidance
(d) Attention

5. What did the person who tried to bury the body use in order to start to cover Polyneices up?
(a) A blanket
(b) Cement
(c) Smoke
(d) Loose dirt

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon sees his job as for the general _____________ over personal alliances and over personal friendships.

2. Creon acknowledges that __________ is not transferable from one leader to the next. He must earn it.

3. The power that crosses the ____________ sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under...

4. Man has even taught himself, according to the Chorus, to flee the arrows of the ____________.

5. "For when a house hath once been shaken from _____________, there the curse fails nevermore."

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