Antigone Review

Who wrote Antigone?

• Aeschylus

• Aristophanes

• Euripides

• Sophocles

Greek actors wore

• all black and red

• nothing special

• togas

• masks

What is so memorable about Antigone's father?

• He prophesied the future.

• He murdered his father and married his mother.

• He murdered his sons.

• There is nothing memorable about him.

What is the name of Antigone's sister?

• Jocasta

• Eurydice

• Iphigenia

• Ismene

How many brothers does Antigone have?

• two

• three

• four

• none

How did Antigone's mother die?

• She was murdered.

• She died of grief.

• She killed herself.

• She died of natural causes.

Who is Antigone's uncle?

• Darius

• Eteocles

• Polyneices

• Creon

Creon is:

• the oldest man in Athens

• Antigone's fiance

• the new king of Thebes

• a failed applicant to the Academy at Lesbos

Eteocles and Polyneices

• were exiled

• have been chased by the agents of the gods

• have still not been found

• died in battle

Antigone asks Ismene to help her

• to escape Thebes

• to accept their fate

• to bury Polyneices' body

• to start an armed revolt against Creon