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Antigone
Test Description: Review plot events and themes from Antigone.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Creon’s decree that Polyneices shall not be buried is
A
rejected by Antigone as a violation of divine law
B
in accord with Greek religious practices
C
Creon's way of punishing Antigone
D
popular with Theban citizens
2) Which of the following is NOT a motive for Antigone defying Creon?
A
She wants to become famous and have personal glory.
B
She loves her brother and believes that he deserves a proper burial.
C
She thinks that Creon is abusing his power by putting his will ahead of the gods’ will.
D
She wishes to follow the will of the gods.
3) What is Creon’s motive for arresting Ismene?
A
He does not want Ismene to marry Haimon.
B
He believes that Ismene is also, at least partly, responsible in Polyneices’ burial.
C
The Sentry reported that Ismene was with Antigone during the burial.
D
He never liked Ismene and is using any excuse to get rid of her.
4) How does Haimon try to persuade his father to change his position?
A
Haimon tells his father that he will never love another as he loves Antigone.
B
Haimon states that he will destroy his father and all the elders.
C
Haimon reminds Creon that Antigone is his niece.
D
Haimon reports that the citizens of Thebes feel that Creon’s punishment is wrong.
5) Creon believes that if he changes his mind to satisfy his son that the people of Thebes___.
A
will think that he is too weak to even rule his own child.
B
will think that Ismene has somehow seduced him.
C
will think that Creon, himself, is in love with Antigone.
D
will think that he is going against the will of the gods.
6) What is Creon’s motive for finally wishing to free Antigone and bury Polyneices?
A
Ismene and Eurydice plead with him to be lenient.
B
He wants to regain his self-respect.
C
He doesn’t want to risk losing his family and kingdom.
D
He has been bribed.
7) What lesson does Creon learn from this experience?
A
Creon learns that his kingship is the most important thing.
B
Creon learns that only Ismene was a loyal subject to him.
C
Creon learns that he can only depend upon himself for guidance.
D
Creon learns that his pride destroyed his entire family.
8) What is not a theme in this play?
A
Pride causes great grief and pain.
B
Fate controls people’s lives.
C
God's law is above man's law.
D
Love is blind.
9) How is Creon a dynamic character?
A
He does not learn that he should obey the gods.
B
He learns to only listen to prophets like Teiresias.
C
He is deeply saddened by Haimon and Eurydice’s deaths.
D
He learns that he should obey the will of the gods.
10) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero?
A
Causes their own downfall
B
A person of noble birth
C
Possesses a tragic flaw, usually hubris
D
Is either always evil or always good
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