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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who introduces the character of Creon to the play and to the audience who might be watching the play?
(a) Ismene
(b) Antigone
(c) Choragos
(d) Creon

2. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?
(a) Older men
(b) Surrounding cities
(c) Women
(d) Younger residents

3. To what place does Creon believe that Antigone will go after her death for her actions?
(a) Rome
(b) Heaven
(c) Mount Olympus
(d) Hell

4. If you are to be weak in your allegiances, Creon says, make it to a ____________.
(a) God
(b) Woman
(c) Sentry
(d) Man

5. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.
(a) Teach
(b) Grow
(c) Love
(d) Reason

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does the story taking place in the play begin?

2. What is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?

3. Who interrogates the Sentry when he reveals the person who is responsible for burying the body?

4. What did Oedipus do when he realized the incestuous affair that took place with Jocasta?

5. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?

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