Antigone Prologue

Which brother does Creon decree should NOT have a proper burial?

• Oedipus

• Polyneices

• Eteocles

• Ismene

Which city is the setting of the play?

• Argos

• Thebes

• Corinth

• Olympus

At the beginning of the play, does Antigone know about Creon's decree?

• yes

• no

Antigone tells Ismene she is either a true sister or ________?

• a traitor to her family

• a loyal, loving daughter

• Creon's favorite

• a disloyal daughter

Which are the reasons Ismene gives for not agreeing to bury her brother? (Select three.)

• The law forbids it.

• It is dangerous; they could die.

• They are women and can't fight men.

• She does not care if he is buried or not.

When Antigone describes her "crime" she calls it ________.

• disgraceful

• necessary

• dangerous

• holy

Antigone says, "It is the dead, not the living who make the longest demands. We die ____________.

• only once.

• for ever.

• dishonorable.

• pitied.

When Antigone tells Ismene, "You have yourself to consider, after all" she is basically calling Ismene ___________.

• selfish

• self-reliant

• selfless

• self pitying

Antigone tells Ismene that if she dies, "It will not be the worst of deaths--death without _________."

• love

• loyalty

• honor

• reputation

To whom do the Chorus/Choragos attribute the fact that Thebes won the war?

• Zeus, their God

• Creon, their King

• Eteocles, their leader

• Oedipus, the cursed