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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened at midday when the guards were watching the body that was not supposed to be buried?
(a) It grew dark
(b) The sun began to shine brighter
(c) A fog rolled in
(d) It began to storm

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

3. Creon says that Ismene should also be put to death as she is guilty of ____________ in the burial.
(a) Helping
(b) Planning
(c) Complicity
(d) Distraction

4. Man also is the one who protects himself from the ____________, according to the content of the ode.
(a) Lies
(b) Animals
(c) Elements
(d) Truth

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

6. Who killed herself when she realized the incestuous relationship had taken place?
(a) Eurydice
(b) Antigone
(c) Hera
(d) Jocasta

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

8. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.
(a) Punishment
(b) Pride
(c) Peace
(d) Power

9. How does Antigone respond when she is questioned by King Creon about her actions?
(a) She blames Ismene
(b) She says nothing
(c) She denies nothing
(d) She denies everything

10. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?
(a) Nothing
(b) Burning it
(c) Anointing it
(d) Singing to it

11. Creon argues that ______________ would be insulted that Antigone decided to bury the body of Polyneices.
(a) Polyneices
(b) Oedipus
(c) Ismene
(d) Eteocles

12. Who informs the audience of the previous battle during this scene of the play?
(a) The sentry
(b) Antigone
(c) The Messenger
(d) The Chorus

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

14. For that hope whose wanderings are so __________ is to many men a comfort, according to the Chorus.
(a) Eager
(b) Straight
(c) Powerful
(d) Wide

15. The power that crosses the ____________ sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under...
(a) Blue
(b) Clear
(c) White
(d) Open

Short Answer Questions

1. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.

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

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

4. The ode implies that the woes of Antigone are directly related to her _____________, Oedipus.

5. Who was the captive of the Sentry, the person for which the Sentry was responsible during the play?

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