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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 5, when Creon explains his reasoning behind his actions, of what does Antigone accuse him?
(a) Being a dictator.
(b) Being a puppet to the people of Thebes.
(c) Being heartless.
(d) Being afraid to do his duty.

2. In Part 5, how does Creon respond to Antigone's accusation after he explains the reason behind his actions?
(a) He orders the guards to take her away.
(b) He asks her for forgiveness.
(c) He throws Antigone to the ground.
(d) He admits that it is the truth.

3. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) Clean and inevitable.
(b) Decidedly dolorous.
(c) Preening and dispicable.
(d) Dirty and avoidable.

4. When Antigone is brought in by the guards, what does she call herself in Part 4?
(a) A daughter of Oedipus.
(b) A seeker of justice.
(c) A seeker of truth.
(d) A dictator.

5. What do the guards wonder after they apprehend Antigone?
(a) What will happen to their wives.
(b) Why Antigone did what she did.
(c) If they will now escape punishment.
(d) If there will be a reward.

6. How does Antigone leave at the very end of Part 6?
(a) Calmly.
(b) Crying and shaking.
(c) Fighting and screaming.
(d) Unwillingly.

7. Why can't Antigone finish what she is doing with Jonas at the end of Part 6?
(a) She breaks down sobbing.
(b) Jonas stops her.
(c) She becomes confused.
(d) The guards come to take her away.

8. In Part 5, what does Creon say about the ritual of burial?
(a) That it is meaningless.
(b) That it is something that all heroes deserve.
(c) That it deters grave robbers.
(d) That its various components are beyond comprehension.

9. What does Jonas do when Creon tells him what he is going to do to the guards for their lack of awareness in Part 4?
(a) Remarks on the cruelty of the king.
(b) Stands stoically and agrees.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Pleads for his life, saying he has a family.

10. In the beginning of Part 5, Creon tells Antigone that she thinks he is above the law. What reasoning does he give for her impudence?
(a) She is stubborn.
(b) She is not thinking.
(c) She is becoming proud.
(d) She is Oedipus's daughter and his son's fiancee.

11. After Antigone asks Creon to kill her in a certain way, what does Creon say he wants to do?
(a) Make an example of her.
(b) Save her.
(c) Keep her away from Haemon.
(d) Send her to the afterlife be with her father, mother and brothers.

12. Antigone asks how she will be executed. What is the answer?
(a) Hung.
(b) Buried alive.
(c) Stoned.
(d) Drawn and quartered.

13. In Part 6, with whom is Antigone left alone?
(a) The Nurse.
(b) Jonas.
(c) Haemon.
(d) Ismene.

14. In Part 5, what does Creon do to Antigone after their discussion about how to kill her?
(a) Takes her hand and tells her that he must do what he must do.
(b) Grabs her by her hair and threatens to turn her over to the guards for their version of punishment..
(c) Twists her arm and threatens to torture her.
(d) Kisses her on the cheek.

15. How does Antigone respond to the first thing that Creon asks her in Part 5?
(a) She spits in Creon's face.
(b) She says that she has.
(c) She lies.
(d) She refuses to answer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, for whom does Antigone say she must bury Polynices?

2. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?

3. In Part 5, how does Antigone ask Creon to kill her?

4. When Haemon approaches his father in Part 6, what does Creon do?

5. In Part 5, why does Antigone ask Creon to kill her in a certain way?

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