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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2 (Second Episode).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Antigone and Ismene, the two women at the start of the story?
(a) Sisters
(b) Friends
(c) Lovers
(d) Cousins

2. Antigone reminds Ismene of family __________ when she tries to reason with her about her actions.
(a) History
(b) Punishments
(c) Blood
(d) Loyalty

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

4. What is the walled city that is featured in the actions of this story and drama?
(a) Thebes
(b) Sicily
(c) Rome
(d) Nice

5. The Chorus in this scene is a group of singers and dancers who are meant to represent the _____________.
(a) Common man
(b) Mind of Antigone
(c) Conscience of Creon
(d) Fates

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose body is to be left out to be pecked and torn apart, without a proper military burial?

3. Antigone states that Creon's law will never be __________ law, which is the law Antigone believes is important.

4. Choragos speaks for the Chorus as ___________, pleading for more active support from others in the city during the play.

5. Man is held in _________ for his stamina and his spirit, no matter what other things he might do.

(see the answer key)

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