Antigone Review

Who said this quote?
"How better than riches is wisdom?"

• Teiresias

• Creon

• Haemon

• Chorus

The following description is of which character?
brother of Antigone who was buried a hero

• Oedipus

• Creon

• Polyneices

• Eteocles

Haimon challenges Creon’s death sentence of Antigone because

• He is going to marry her.

• Creon is her uncle.

• The people don’t want her punished.

• All of these are true.

What happened after the messenger relayed the news about Haimon and Antigone to Eurydice?

• She killed the messenger

• She sacrificed an offering to the gods

• She fled the house

• She killed herself

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

Who wrote the play?

• Shakespeare

• Socrates

• Sophocles

• Aristotle

Besides being Antigone’s uncle, how else were Creon and Antigone related?

• Brother and Sister

• Soon to be Father-in-law and Daughter-in-law

• War Heroes

• Father and Daughter

Haemon is...

• a nephew to Creon

• a son to Creon

• Ismene's brother

• the legitimate ruler of Thebes

What does Creon accuse Haimon of?

• Being a traitor because he took money

• Plotting against him so he can be king

• Helping those who are trying to undermine him.

• Being influenced by a woman against him.

How did Antigone die?

• She starved to death

• There was a snake in her boot

• She hanged herself

• She poisoned herself