Antigone: Prologue - Scene 3

Who is Antigone’s sister in the play "Antigone"?

• Ismene

• Eurydice

• Jocasta

• Haemon

What decree does Creon make at the beginning of the play?

• No one may mourn for Polyneices

• Polyneices must not be buried

• Antigone must marry Haemon

• Thebes must go to war

Which literary device is used in the quote, “Like a bird come back to its stripped nest”?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Who is the ruler of Thebes in the prologue and first scenes?

• Oedipus

• Creon

• Polyneices

• Eteocles

What punishment does Creon declare for anyone who buries Polyneices?

• Exile

• Death

• Imprisonment

• Public shaming

Which character tries to persuade Antigone not to break Creon’s law?

• Haemon

• Ismene

• The Sentry

• Eurydice

What is the main conflict introduced in the prologue of "Antigone"?

• Antigone vs. Ismene

• Antigone vs. Creon’s law

• Creon vs. Haemon

• Thebes vs. Athens

How does Antigone justify her decision to bury Polyneices?

• She wants to defy Creon

• She believes in divine law over human law

• She is bribed

• She wants to impress Ismene

Which literary device is present in the phrase “Death yearns for the same rites for all”?

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Why does Ismene refuse to help Antigone at first?

• She hates Polyneices

• She fears the consequences of breaking the law

• She is loyal to Creon

• She is too ill