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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
in accord with Greek religious practices
B
rejected by Antigone as a violation of divine law
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 wishes to follow the will of the gods.
B
She thinks that Creon is abusing his power by putting his will ahead of the gods’ will.
C
She loves her brother and believes that he deserves a proper burial.
D
She wants to become famous and have personal glory.
3) What is Creon’s motive for arresting Ismene?
A
He believes that Ismene is also, at least partly, responsible in Polyneices’ burial.
B
The Sentry reported that Ismene was with Antigone during the burial.
C
He does not want Ismene to marry Haimon.
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 states that he will destroy his father and all the elders.
B
Haimon reminds Creon that Antigone is his niece.
C
Haimon tells his father that he will never love another as he loves Antigone.
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 he is going against the will of the gods.
D
will think that Creon, himself, is in love with Antigone.
6) What is Creon’s motive for finally wishing to free Antigone and bury Polyneices?
A
He doesn’t want to risk losing his family and kingdom.
B
He has been bribed.
C
He wants to regain his self-respect.
D
Ismene and Eurydice plead with him to be lenient.
7) What lesson does Creon learn from this experience?
A
Creon learns that his pride destroyed his entire family.
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 kingship is the most important thing.
8) What is not a theme in this play?
A
Fate controls people’s lives.
B
Pride causes great grief and pain.
C
Love is blind.
D
God's law is above man's law.
9) How is Creon a dynamic character?
A
He learns to only listen to prophets like Teiresias.
B
He is deeply saddened by Haimon and Eurydice’s deaths.
C
He learns that he should obey the will of the gods.
D
He does not learn that he should obey the gods.
10) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero?
A
Is either always evil or always good
B
Causes their own downfall
C
Possesses a tragic flaw, usually hubris
D
A person of noble birth
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