WorksheetsAntigone Test Review
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who is the son of Creon and fiancé of Antigone?
Polyneices
Megareus
Haimon
Eteocles
Which of Antigone's brothers is the body at the center of everyone's arguments?
Eteocles
Polyneices
Haimon
Creon
Greek tragedies were performed to evoke what in the audience?
catharsis
hubris
jealousy
laughter
What is a tragic or fatal flaw which often causes one's own undoing?
catharsis
hubris
aphorism
a curse
Who is Antigone's uncle and new king?
Eteocles
Haimon
Polyneices
Creon
Who is Antigone's only living sibling?
Eurydice
Eteocles
Sophocles
Ismene
Where is the play set?
Corinth
Sardis
Thebes
Troy
Who is the blind prophet who appears to expose the unfortunate truths to both Oedipus and Creon?
Teiresias
Eteocles
Sophocles
Haimon
What is the leader of the chorus called?
Creon
Choragos
Semele
Thespis
Who wrote this version of Antigone?
Septimus
Socrates
Sophocles
Semele
Who is the mother of Dionysos?
Semele
Eurydice
Antigone
Ismene
n. a public order; decree
waver
deference
edict
lamentation
n. expression of grief; weeping
piety
contempt
lamentation
edict
adj. shameless; bold
sated
brazen
rash
sententiously
n. a yielding to the ideas, wishes, and so on of another
deference
piety
contempt
edict
v. show indecision; fluctuate
deflect
defer
sated
waver
n. loyalty and devotion to family, the divine, or some other object of respect
contempt
piety
deference
edict
v. to turn or make go to one side
waver
sated
deflect
lament
n. scorn; the attitude of someone who looks down on something or someone else
vile
lamentation
rash
contempt
adj. satisfied; provided with more than enough
sated
brazen
rash
deferential
adj. too hasty in speech or action; reckless
pious
deferential
vile
rash
adv. in a way that shows excessive fondness for wise sayings; in lecturing tones
brazenly
sententiously
vilely
rashly
adj. evil; low; extremely disgusting
vile
deferential
rash
brazen
n. an observation that contains a general truth
hubris
catharsis
edict
aphorism
What is the relationship dynamic between Creon and Antigone?
They are uncle and niece who, over the course of the play, have a bond that grows strong and closer.
They are an uncle and niece who, over the course of the play, become antagonists for each other and resent one another.
They are a brother and sister who have never really had a connection before the play, but they come closer together.
They are a brother and sister who are exceptionally close before the play but grown apart and resent each other over the course of the play.
Describe the relationship between Antigone and Ismene.
They are sisters who serve as foil characters for each other--Antigone is headstrong, while Ismene is timid. Antigone grows to resent Ismene.
They are sisters who were close before the play begins, but over the course of the play they grow lukewarm towards each other.
They are aunt and niece who cannot get along whatsoever.
They are aunt and niece who are very close in the beginning, but their relationship deteriorates over the course of the play.
What were the two purposes the chorus served in Greek theatre?
They served as a sort of "curtain" to distract the audience while actors changed costumes/masks and such.
They sang to entertain the audience.
They give commentary and background information concerning the plays.
They made the audience laugh to lighten the mood.
What is the original punishment Creon states the person who tries burying Polyneices will endure?
to be locked in a stone tomb
to be stoned to death in the public square
to be put in the stockades in the public square
to be locked in a stone coffin in the public square
Why does Antigone reject Ismene's plea for Antigone to corroborate her guilt?
Antigone feels Ismene is trying to steal her glory.
Antigone simply doesn't want her last sibling to die.
Antigone feels wrong implicating Ismene because she's innocent.
Antigone thinks Ismene is only trying to suck up to Creon by confessing to lessen their punishment.
What was the likely driving force behind Creon's hatred toward the body of Polyneices?
Creon never liked that particular nephew.
Creon was distraught that Haimon died fighting in the battle against Polyneices and his Argive army.
Creon had discovered Polyneices had an affair with Eurydice.
Creon was distraught that Megareus died fighting in the battle against Polyneices and his Argive army.
What serves as the intended theme as well as the explicitly stated moral of Antigone?
Always love your family, no matter what.
The laws of the gods are above the laws of man.
When you are wrong in an argument with another person, admit you are wrong.
Sometimes people have no chill, so just get out of the way.
What two things has Creon done by not allowing Polyneices to have funeral rites?
He has denied Zeus' his full retribution against Polyneices.
He has denied Polyneices access to the underworld, making him an angry ghost without rest and peace.
He has denied Hades his due soul.
He has unintentionally given Polyneices immortality, which has angered the gods.
Who says, "Fortune gained is often misfortune," and what is it an example of?
Creon; anaphora
Creon; aphorism
Antigone; aphorism
Antigone; anaphora
What two things does Antigone ask the chorus to do as she is escorted away to her vault of stone?
Be her witnesses--spread the word about what injustice has happened to her.
Turn on Creon--fight back against him and make an offering to the gods instead.
Bury Polyneices--Creon can't have all of them killed if the whole city gives him a funeral.
Think a word of love for her--say a prayer to give her strength in this trying time.
What is the warning Teiresias gives Creon?
Basically, for every death or ghost he creates the gods will take a life from him (ie kill his loved ones).
Oedipus is going to come back with the help of the gods and reclaim his throne.
Antigone is going to have him overthrown with the help of the gods and take her birthright as Queen of Thebes.
Ismene will cause the people to rise up against him with the help of the gods and claim her birthright as Queen of Thebes.
Teiresias is a blind prophet. Of what literary device is this an example, and how is it that?
Allusion: this is a reference to the blind prophet in The Odyssey.
Foreshadowing: prophets see into the future, so he speaks of things to come.
Irony: he is physically blind but "sees" the future in his mind.
McGuffin: everyone is after his "sight," and it drives the plot forward, but it doesn't really matter once everyone finds out he can't actually see.
Who is the tragic hero of Antigone?
Oedipus
Antigone
Ismene
Creon
Who are the tragic lovers in Antigone?
Ismene and Haimon
Oedipus and Jocasta
Antigone and Megareus
Antigone and Haimon
What does the lack of almost all stage direction and having no set design give directors and performers?
artistic license with everything from line interpretation and character choreography to set design and costume
no idea about how to proceed with a production of the play--no guidlines
a free reign to use the material--no copyright laws apply to material that does not initially have guidelines
the ability to change character names and plot points because, without stage direction and set design pre-determined, nothing else makes sense
