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Antigone
Test Description: Antigone Review
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1) Who was Antigone's father?
A
Zeus
B
Oedipus
C
Creon
D
Apollo
2) Antigone's two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, did what?
A
Fought together in a war with Creon to take over Thebes
B
Ate their mothers flesh
C
Fought on opposite sides in a war for power over Thebes
D
Murdered their couisn in a battle over Thebes
3) What does the king of Thebes declare?
A
ANTIGONE WILL REIGN IN HIS PLACE WHILE HE GOES INTO EXILE
B
ETEOCLES IS TO BE GIVEN A FUNERAL AND FULL HONORS WHILE POLYNEICES' BODY WILL BE LEFT FOR THE SUN AND THE CARRION ANIMALS
C
ETEOCLES IS TO BE LEFT FOR THE CARRION ANIMALS AND POLYNEICES THROWN INTO THE SEA
D
THEBES SHOULD HAVE A DRAMA FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE VICTORY IN WAR AGAINST THE PERSIANS
4) What does Antigone ask Ismene to help her do?
A
ESCAPE THEBES
B
ACCEPT THEIR FATE
C
STTART AN ARMED REVOLUTION AGAINST CREON
D
BURY POLYNEICES' BODY
5) Which of these values does Creon praise in his initial speech to the Chorus?
A
LOYALTY TO THE STATE
B
COMPASSION
C
MODERATION
D
HUMILITY
6) What does the Sentry/Guard report?
A
THAT SOMEONE HAS BURIED POLYNEICES
B
THAT ARGOS IS PREPARING ANOTHER ATTACK
C
THAT SOMEONE IS HIRING MERCENARIES TO FIGHT CREON
D
THAT ISMENE HAS BURIED POLYNEICES
7) What does Creon tell the Sentry/Guard?
A
THAT HE MUST PRAY AT THE ALTAR OF ZEUS FOR FORGIVENESS
B
THAT HE MUST FIND THE CULPRIT OR FACE EXECUTION
C
THAT HE MUST LEAVE THEBES IN SHAME
D
THAT HE MUST FIND THE CULPRIT OR HE AND THE OTHER GUARDS WILL BE DEMOTED
8) What does the Sentry witness?
A
BIRDS GLUTTED WITH BLOOD
B
A SUDDEN AND MYSTERIOUS DUST STORM, WHICH HE TAKES AS A SIGN OF THE GODS' DISPLEASURE
C
ZEUS STANDING OVER POLYNEICES' BODY IN TRIUMPH
D
ANTIGONE AND ISMENE FIGHTING OVER THE BODY
9) What does Antigone do when she is brought before Creon?
A
DEFENDS HER ACTIONS BY CLAIMING THAT CREON HAS NO LEGITIMATE CLAIM TO THE THRONE
B
DEFENDS HER ACTIONS BY ASSERTING THE SUPREMACY OF DIVINE LAW
C
DEFENDS HER ACTIONS BY EXPLICITLY ASSERTING THAT THE CONSCIENCE IS THE HIGHEST JUDGE OF MORALITY
D
DEFENDS HER ACTIONS BY THREATENING TO START AN ARMED REVOLUTION
10) In comparing the two sisters, one could most convincingly argue what?
A
THAT ISMENE IS THE BRAINS BEHIND THE OPERATION, AND ANTIGONE THE MUSCLE
B
THAT ANTIGONE CONSISTENTLY KEEPS HER AGENCY WHILE ISMENE SEEMS TO HAVE VERY LITTLE AGENCY
C
THAT ISMENE WAS THEIR FATHER'S FAVORITE
D
THAT ISMENE AND ANTIGONE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN ALONG
11) What does Ismene do when she is brought before Creon?
A
SHE TRIES TO RALLY THE CHORUS IN SUPPORT OF THE SISTERS
B
SHE TRIES TO ATTACK CREON
C
SHE TRIES TO TAKE SOME OF THE BLAME FOR BURYING POLYNEICES
D
SHE SHRIEKS ACCUSATIONS AT ANTIGONE
12) What does Ismene argue about Antigone to try to convince Creon not to kill her?
A
THAT ANTIGONE IS A TIRELESS CHAMPION OF THE CITY'S POOR
B
THAT ANTIGONE IS HAEMON'S BETROTHED, AND THUS CREON'S FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
C
THAT ANTIGONE IS THE MOST LOVED WOMAN IN ARGOS
D
THAT ANTIGONE IS PRINCESS AND HEIR TO THE THRONE
13) Haemon, Creon's son, enters. What happens in their conversation?
A
CREON ORDERS HAEMON TO KILL ANTIGONE HIMSELF, BUT SOON RELENTS.
B
CREON ORDERS HAEMON TO KILL ANTIGONE HIMSELF, BUT SOON RELENTS.
C
AT FIRST HAEMON SEEMS TO AGREE WITH HIS FATHER, BUT WHEN HE TRIES TO PERSUADE CREON TO SPARE ANTIGONE AND THEN THEY ARGUE
D
HAEMON THREATENS TO TELL EURYDICE WHAT'S GOING ON.
14) What does Haemon warn Creon?
A
THAT ANTIGONE IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE THRONE
B
THAT ANTIGONE IS ESPECIALLY LOVED BY THE GODDESS ARTEMIS
C
THAT THE PEOPLE OF THEBES SECRETLY SIDE WITH ANTIGONE
D
ALL OF THE ABOVE
15) Early in their conversation, why does Creon insist that it is especially important that they beat Antigone?
A
BECAUSE SHE INSULTED THE GODS
B
BECAUSE SHE IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE THRONE
C
BECAUSE SHE INSULTED THE GOD DIONYSUS
D
BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN AND THEY CANNOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO SAY THAT THEY WERE BEATEN BY A WOMAN
16) What are the possible themes of Antigone?
A
HONORING FAMILY TIES
B
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
C
EMPATHY FOR THE DEAD
D
PRIDE IN ONES ACTIONS
17) Why won't Ismene help Antigone bury Polynices?
A
She fears that Polynices's troops will attack them.
B
She is afraid of breaking the king's order.
C
She is disgusted by corpses.
D
She wants to honor the laws of the gods.
18) What will happen to Eteocles' body?
A
It will be mummified.
B
It will be fed to crows.
C
It will get a hero's burial.
D
It will be burned at the city walls.
19) What does the Chorus say about Creon's command regarding Polynices?
A
It will follow Creon's wishes.
B
It is disgusted by Creon's cruelty.
C
It hopes Creon changes his mind.
D
It thinks Creon is following divine law.
20) Whom does the Chorus say may have buried Polynices?
A
Polynices's soldiers
B
Ismene
C
The Gods
D
Antigone
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