Antigone 4.15

Who has the guard captured and brought before King Creon?

• Ismene

• Antigone

• Polyneices

• Haimon

What reason does Antigone give for defying Creon’s decree?

• It was her brother
• She made a blood oath to him
• God’s laws are higher than a man’s
• People don’t like Creon as king

When Creon has Ismene brought before him, Ismene

• shrieks accusations at Antigone
• tries to attack Creon
• tries to rally the Chorus in support of the sisters
•  tries to take some of the blame for burying Polyneices

What are the songs the chorus sings called?

• prologues

• odes

• episodes

• ballads

Who wrote Antigone?

• Shakespeare

• Socrates

• Sophocles

• Aristotle

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

• denies her guilt 

• implicates Ismene

• accuses the sentry

• admits her guilt

Creon considers Ismene...

• a traitor
• a friend
• worthless
• the intelligent sister

Whose value system can be summed up this way: one must always yield to the laws of society or the world will descend into anarchy.

• Creon
• Ismene
• Antigone
• Haimon

The adjectives timid, afraid, and selfish best describe which character? 

• Antigone
• Ismene
• Polyneices
• Creon

The adjectives bold, assertive, and strong best describe which character? 

• Antigone
• Ismene
• the Sentry
• the chorus