RISE ELA Grade 10 Practice Questions - RISE English Language Arts - Grade 10 Exam

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Excerpt from 'The King's Decree' King Creon stood upon the marble balcony, gazing over the quiet streets of Thebes. 'The law is the bedrock of the state,' he proclaimed to his council. 'If we make an exception for family or friendship, order dissolves into chaos. Polynices led a foreign army against his own city; therefore, he shall lie unburied as a warning to all traitors.' Behind him, Antigone swallowed her grief. 'Human laws are fleeting,' she whispered to her sister. 'The unwritten laws of the heavens command that we honor our dead, regardless of political allegiance.' Which statement best describes the primary conflict introduced in this excerpt?

A clash between civic authority enforcing state law and moral duty honoring religious obligation. A dispute between two rival siblings competing for control over the city's throne. A military confrontation between the soldiers of Thebes and an invading foreign empire. A disagreement between the king and his council over economic taxation policies.

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A clash between civic authority enforcing state law and moral duty honoring religious obligation.

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