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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. Creon believes that Antigone deserves nothing more than to find a husband in __________ after what she has done.
(a) Heaven
(b) Spain
(c) Hell
(d) Rome

2. The prophet cautions Creon and the actions he has taken, saying that he is on the edge of __________.
(a) Mercy
(b) Fate
(c) Happiness
(d) Doom

3. What is not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?
(a) Her beauty
(b) Her suffering
(c) Her innocence
(d) Her royal ancestry

4. What is the handicap of Teiresias, the prophet, who comes to speak to Creon during the play?
(a) Mute
(b) Deaf
(c) Blind
(d) One leg

5. Haemon responds to Creon that his __________ is his guide and no marriage is worth losing that.
(a) Mother
(b) Heart
(c) God
(d) Father

Short Answer Questions

1. Creon believes that Antigone would have been trouble for Haemon both in and out of _________.

2. Antigone compares her emotional state to that of the former queen of Thebes, _____________.

3. Who did the king imprison in a story the Chorus relates about the idea of jealousy?

4. Creon is told by ______________ that trees and ships yield to the destructive nature of floods.

5. Why was the princess to which Antigone is compared locked up in a prison during the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does this Chorus compare Antigone in this ode and why?

2. What does the prophet tell Creon when he enters the room, led by the boy into the court?

3. What does Creon feel about prophets and what they have done to him in the past?

4. What does Antigone believe plagues her and all her family from the grave?

5. When did Teiresias make an offering to the gods, he tells Creon, that was then refused?

6. What does Creon pity in some men after talking with Haemon about their relationship?

7. What does Antigone ask all to see her as when she is standing in front of everyone?

8. What does the Chorus elaborate on when it comes to love and its role in the relationship of Haemon and Creon?

9. What does the Messenger say about the grief that the queen must be feeling after the events which took place?

10. What is Choragos' reaction when Antigone is brought before Creon at the start of this scene?

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