Antigone

Who wrote the Greek play Antigone?

• Aristotle
• Sophocles
• Plato
• Dionysis

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The actors were...

• All women
• All men
• Both genders
• Kids only

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When King _____ and Queen _______ had their firstborn child, the Oracle revealed a prophecy that the child will kill his father and marry his mother.    

• a. Laius and Jocasta 
• b.Polybus and Merope
• c. Tiresias and Creon
• Eurydice and Magereus

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Oedipus travels into Thebes and is crowned King because_________________.  

• a. Jocasta falls in love with him and she is a widow
• b. He gets rid of the plague
•  c. He delivers Thebes from the Sphinx
• He kills the prophet

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Antigone's father, Oedipus, is famous for:

• killing his father and marrying his mother

• killing his father and marrying his sister

• wearing sequined togas

• killing his parents and taking over the kingdom

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Creon forbids the burying of Polyneices because:

• he wants to get back at Antigone

• it is against the gods' law

• Polyneices' army invaded Thebes

• it is against the law to bury men who die in battle

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Creon thinks that above all, a good ruler must be:

• wise

• careful in his decision-making

• strong

• well-educated

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Ismene refuses to help Antigone because she is:

• afraid of Creon

• afraid of dead bodies

• already doing something that day

• still angry with Polyneices

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Creon initially thinks that Polyneices' burial is the work of:

• Ismene

• the gods

• the sentry

• anarchists

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The chorus represents:

• the voice of Zeus

• the court of Creon

• the army of Thebes

• the elders of Thebes

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