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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is not one of the animals that the Chorus notes that man can tame or master?
(a) Beast
(b) Horse
(c) Bull
(d) Fish
2. Who is Choragos trying to get more active support from, pleading for this support as the Chorus would?
(a) Women
(b) Younger residents
(c) Older men
(d) Surrounding cities
3. But some god strikes them down, and the race hath no __________________, according to the Chorus.
(a) Ending
(b) Peace
(c) Deliverance
(d) Prosperity
4. Creon lets the people know that his position is __________ ordained and thus he is the rightful heir.
(a) Parentally
(b) Personally
(c) Divinely
(d) Earthly
5. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.
(a) Rebels
(b) Wicked
(c) Warriors
(d) Bastards
Short Answer Questions
1. Eteocles fought for Thebes and thus he will receive a ___________________ after his death.
2. The Chorus points out the evil that is in _________ especially in relation to the situation with Antigone and Creon.
3. What is the other name for God that is used by the Chorus in this scene of the play and throughout the play?
4. To what place does Creon believe that Antigone will go after her death for her actions?
5. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.
Short Essay Questions
1. In relation to man and to his frailty, the Chorus brings up the evil in having what?
2. What does this ode have to say about the transference of God's wrath between generations?
3. What does Choragos have to say about Polyneices during the battle the previous day?
4. What is the punishment for Antigone if she goes against the decree of King Creon?
5. What does the decree of King Creon have to say about the burial of Antigone and Ismene's brothers?
6. To whom does this ode of the play attribute most of Antigone's problems?
7. What happens to men who are happy in their evil doings, according to the Chorus in this scene?
8. What is the tone that the Chorus now takes on, which is different from the earlier tone it shared?
9. What does Creon caution against in the support of his decree about the burial rulings for the two men?
10. What are Antigone and Ismene commiserating about at the start of the story that drives the rest of the play?
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