Antigone: Scenes 4-5 Quiz

What does Antigone look forward to in death?

• Being away from Ismene

• Seeing her parents and brothers

• Relief from pain

• Being with the gods

Whats Antigone's tone in scene 4, when she talks with the Chorus about going to the afterlife?

• Frightened

• Defiant

• Joyful

• Shocked

What is the Chorus's message as it remembers the stories of Danae, Lycurgus, and Phineas?

• Obey the king's laws, or die

• No one will remember Antigone after she dies

• No one escapes fate

• Death isn't so bad

At the end of Scene 4, why does the Chorus bring up Niobe, Danae, and Phineus?

• They were all royalty

• They all suffered sentences similar to Antigone's

• They were all children of mortals

• Each took their own life

Teiresias basically tells Creon that everything that is wrong in their city is whose fault?

• Creon's

• Anitgone's

• Oedipus'

• Haimon's

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When Teiresias tries to make sacrifices, why won't any of altars work for offerings? Choose 2.

• they won't bury the body

• the gods aren't hungry

• the fire isn't strong enough

• they won't free Antigone

• the offerings aren't going to the right gods

What is King Creon's reaction to Teiresias' message?

• He yields

• He laughs at him

• He refuses to believe him

• He kills him

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Scene 5: Teiresias says the new calamity Creon has brought to Thebes is...

• a busy time of the gods granting the Theban's pravers.
• a curse on the city.
• a blessing on the city.
• the long line at Dairy Queen.

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What does the Chorus say about Teiresias's prophecies?

• "I cannot remember when he ever told the truth."

• "I cannot remember that he was ever false."

• "I cannot recall his name."

• "I cannot think of him right now."

How was Creon's wife, Eurydice, killed?

• Hanged

• Stabbed in the guts by her own hand

• Electrocution

• Strangulated to Death