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WorksheetsGreek tragedy and Antigone Prologue and Scene 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
The open area between the platform and the audience in an ancient Greek theater
theatron
parados
orchestra
skene
Number in the chorus during Sophocles' time
50
30
15
9
The playwright competition was held during the festival honoring which Greek god?
Zeus
Dionysus
Athena
Apollo
Which of these did the actors not wear?
long robes
huge masks
elaborate wigs
elevated shoes
Best synonym for hubris
honor
loyalty
cowardice
arrogance
Often used in tragedies--a repeating element that advances the plot and illustrates the theme
motif
satyr
archetype
allusion
Which is not one of the four children of Oedipus and Jocasta?
Ismene
Haemon
Eteocles
Antigone
Polyneices
King of Thebes when the play opens--he's been king for about a day (spelling counts)
(a)
Why doesn't Creon want Polyneices to be buried?
because he defied Creon's orders
because he killed Creon's son
because he dishonored the gods
because he attacked Thebes
True or False: Antigone asks Ismene to keep her plan to bury Polyneices a secret.
True
False
