Antigone Review

What are the songs the chorus sings called?

• prologues
• odes
• episodes

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Who wrote the play?

• Shakespeare
• Socrates
• Sophocles
• Aristotle

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By insisting on the burial of Polyneices, Antigone is showing all of the following except

• stubborn courage 
• respect for the laws of the gods
• love for Polyneices
•  hatred for Eteocles

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When she is brought by the sentry to face Creon, Antigone...

• denies her guilt 
• implicates Ismene
• accuses the sentry
• admits her guilt

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When Creon goes to Antigone’s tomb...                                 

• tries to stab himself
• sees Haimon kill himself
• sets Antigone free
• blames Antigone for everything

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At the end of the play, what does Creon blame for Antigone’s death? 

• the curse of Oedipus
• the gods
• his own foolish pride

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How does Antigone feel towards Ismene in the prologue?

• Angry that Ismene won't help her honor their brother

• Afraid for Ismene's future

• Desperate for Ismene to help so that she isn't alone

• Relieved that Ismene agrees to help her

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The following description is of which character?

daughter and sister of Oedipus

• Antigone
• Eurydice
• Teiresias
• Niobe

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The following description is of which character?
King of Thebes, father of Haemon, brother of Jocasta

• Haemon
• Teiresias
• Creon
• Oedipus

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The following description is of which character?
engaged to marry Antigone

• Creon
• Haemon
• Ismene
• Teiresias

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