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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
popular with Theban citizens
B
in accord with Greek religious practices
C
rejected by Antigone as a violation of divine law
D
Creon's way of punishing Antigone
2) Which of the following is NOT a motive for Antigone defying Creon?
A
She loves her brother and believes that he deserves a proper burial.
B
She wishes to follow the will of the gods.
C
She wants to become famous and have personal glory.
D
She thinks that Creon is abusing his power by putting his will ahead of the gods’ will.
3) What is Creon’s motive for arresting Ismene?
A
He does not want Ismene to marry Haimon.
B
He never liked Ismene and is using any excuse to get rid of her.
C
He believes that Ismene is also, at least partly, responsible in Polyneices’ burial.
D
The Sentry reported that Ismene was with Antigone during the burial.
4) How does Haimon try to persuade his father to change his position?
A
Haimon reports that the citizens of Thebes feel that Creon’s punishment is wrong.
B
Haimon states that he will destroy his father and all the elders.
C
Haimon tells his father that he will never love another as he loves Antigone.
D
Haimon reminds Creon that Antigone is his niece.
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 only Ismene was a loyal subject to him.
B
Creon learns that he can only depend upon himself for guidance.
C
Creon learns that his pride destroyed his entire family.
D
Creon learns that his kingship is the most important thing.
8) What is not a theme in this play?
A
God's law is above man's law.
B
Fate controls people’s lives.
C
Pride causes great grief and pain.
D
Love is blind.
9) How is Creon a dynamic character?
A
He does not learn that he should obey the gods.
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 learns to only listen to prophets like Teiresias.
10) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a tragic hero?
A
Possesses a tragic flaw, usually hubris
B
A person of noble birth
C
Is either always evil or always good
D
Causes their own downfall
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