Antigone Final Exam

The play Antigone opens on a major conflict between _____.

• Eteocles and Haemon
• Antigone and Creon
• Ismene and Creon
• Polyneices and Antigone

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As the play begins, Creon has issued an order to bury _____.

• neither Eteocles nor Polyneices
• Eteocles but not Polyneices
• both Eteocles and Polyneices
• Eteocles before Polyneices

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Eteocles and Polyneices are _____.

• sons of Creon
• nephews of Teiresias
• brothers of Antigone
• Greek gods

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Creon declares that anyone who disobeys his order will be _____.

• put to death
• imprisoned
• enslaved
• exiled

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What motive does Creon attribute to the person who buried Polyneices?

• pity
• honor
• greed
• fear

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What fundamental principle does Antigone proclaim in her confrontation with Creon?

• Self-sacrifice is necessary to save one’s country.
• War brings more losses than gains.
• Justice can never be achieved on earth.
• The gods' laws are stronger and superior to the laws of the state.

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Creon accuses Antigone of double crime, namely _____.

• breaking the laws of the state and of Creon
• breaking the law and denying it
• breaking the law and boasting about it
• breaking the law of the gods and of Creon

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How does Antigone die?

• She starves to death in the cave.
• A soldier kills her with his sword.
• Creon hangs her in the cave.
• She hangs herself.

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What does Haemon do just before killing himself?

• He cries out to Antigone.
• He calls for a witness.
• He argues with his father.
• He attempts to kill his father.

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^{Haimon tries to appeal to his father's _____ in scene 3.}

• reason
• pride
• emotions
• religious beliefs

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