Antigone Review

To justify her actions, Antigone argues with Creon that she is abiding by

• The will of the gods

• Her father’s rules

• The wishes of her family

• The laws of public opinion

Haemon argues that Creon should free Antigone because

• Others believe that Antigone is innocent

• Haemon fought Antigone’s brother

• Ismene cannot live without Antigone

• Antigone is Oedipus’s daughter

Who are Antigone’s parents?

• Laius and Jocasta

• Creon and Eurydice

• Oedipus and Jocasta

• Oedipus and Eurydice

What prophecy does Teiresias reveal?

• Creon will allow Polyneices to go unburied and will bury Antigone alive.

• Creon will become the most powerful ruler in the history of Thebes.

• Creon will lose a loved one because he has kept Polyneices from the gods.

• Antigone and Ismene will overthrow Creon.

According to the Choragos, Antigone and her father are “both headstrong, deaf to reason!” Their shared flaw is that they

• Act stubbornly

• Hate all rules

• Are too nice

• Understand the gods

Why does the Sentry first come to tell Creon that someone has “buried” Polyneices?

• He volunteered for the job.

• The other sentries threatened to kill him if he didn’t.

• He actually saw what happened.

• He lost the game of dice that determined which guard had to deliver the news.

Which word best describes Antigone’s tone when she is captured?

• Contrite

• Guilty

• Defiant

• Humble

Which of the following does not result as a consequence of Antigone’s law-breaking actions?

• She is forced to marry someone other than Haemon.

• She is sentenced to death.

• She is imprisoned with food and water.

• She hangs herself using her own veil.

Who says, “Impossible things should not be tried at all?”

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Haemon

• Teiresias

What metaphor does Creon use in Scene 1 to describe the government?

• A grinding stone that is used to keep weapons sharp

• An eternal prison from which there is no hope of escape

• A wild animal that stalks its prey

• A ship that has weathered rough seas but has come safely to harbor