Antigone Review

Creon has forbidden Polyneices's burial because Creon views him as

• a traitor.

• a coward.

• insignificant.

• cursed by gods.

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Who is the protagonist of the play, Antigone?

• Ismene

• Creon

• Antigone

• Oedipus

Who is the main antagonist in the play?

• Haemon

• Creon

• Polyneices

• Teiresias

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Antigone's determination to bury Polyneices is based on feelings of

• hatred for Creon.

• disloyalty to Thebes.

• loyalty to her brother.

• anger at the insult to her family.

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What do the comments help you infer about Creon? "I did not do it. I did not see who did it. You must not punish me for what someone else has done."

• He feels sympathy for commoners.

• He is easily fooled by others.

• He acts without fairness.

• He respects his honesty.

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Ismene is, at first unwilling to help Antigone bury Polyneices because Ismene

• thinks that Creon is right to forbid his burial.

• believes that the gods would oppose such behavior.

• does not want to be punished for breaking the law.

• believes that the dead can be neither harmed nor helped.

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Whose laws does Antigone say she follows?

• her own

• Oedipus

• Creon's

• the gods'

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What angers Antigone at the beginning of the play?

• Creon refuses to hear her complaints.

• The elders of Thebes honor Eteocles.

• Polyneices attacks Thebes and kills Eteocles.

• Ismene refuses to help bury Polyneices.

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What can you infer about Creon's motivation for making this statement? "I am aware, of course, that no ruler can expect complete loyalty from his subjects until he has been tested in office."

• He must reassure the chorus about Eteocles.

• He wants Antigone to test his governing skills.

• He has no clear concept of government.

• He is worried that no one trusts him.

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According to the choragus, Antigone and her father's shared tragic flaw is that they

• defy all authority

• hate all rules

• act stubbornly

• understand the gods

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