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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Love keepest the vigil on the soft cheek of a ____________, according to the Chorus in this section during the play.
(a) Man
(b) Maiden
(c) Goddess
(d) Crone

2. The prophet tells Creon he has kept Polyneices from ____________ and buried Antigone alive.
(a) His family
(b) The truth
(c) His sister
(d) The gods

3. Haemon shares with Creon that the people see Antigone as ____________ for the actions she has taken.
(a) Despicable
(b) Wrong
(c) Reckless
(d) Honorable

4. Who is commiserating about the dominion of fate at the start of this final scene?
(a) Choragos
(b) Sentry
(c) Haemon
(d) Messenger

5. What did the king discover about Antigone when he went to her vault where she was imprisoned?
(a) She hanged herself
(b) She was asleep
(c) She was alive
(d) She had escaped

6. Once offended, the Chorus states, gods and goddesses are without ____________ for the offending party.
(a) Repercussions
(b) Power
(c) Justice
(d) Mercy

7. The prophet tells Creon to _______________ and to rescind his proclamation.
(a) Get over himself
(b) Bury Polyneices
(c) Dig up Eteocles
(d) Step down from power

8. Antigone asks that all see her as a woman about to die, a woman who will never ____________.
(a) Live
(b) Marry
(c) See her sister again
(d) Laugh again

9. Who goes to free Antigone and to bury Polyneices as the prophet said should be done?
(a) Haemon
(b) The boy
(c) Creon
(d) Choragos

10. Who does the Messenger now call a walking dead man during the first part of this scene during the play?
(a) Choragos
(b) Haemon
(c) The prophet
(d) Creon

11. The Chorus compares Antigone to ___________, a princess who was imprisoned for an act she might commit.
(a) Hecate
(b) Danae
(c) Hera
(d) Niobe

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

13. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.
(a) The God
(b) Haemon
(c) The Chorus
(d) The city

14. What is the focus of this ode in the play? What theme is being discussed during this section?
(a) Love
(b) War
(c) Pride
(d) Friendship

15. No ____________ can escape love, according to the Chorus within this scene.
(a) Man
(b) Immortal
(c) Woman
(d) Mortal

Short Answer Questions

1. Even though Creon believes himself to be right, he will not fight _____________.

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

3. Who gave Polyneices, the son of Oedipus, a proper burial at the end of this play?

4. Who was the son supposed to kill as a result of a prophesy that was given?

5. Antigone still believes she has done no ____________ wrong and that Creon is the guilty one.

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