WorksheetsARCH-CONSPIRATOR Part 1 (Ch. 1–9) Quiz — Extracted Questions
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Part 1: Matching — Match each character or term with the correct description.
Ployneikes
Gives Antigone the Extractor
Kreon
High Commander of Thebes
Antigone
Wants to be a part of the rebellion but isn’t allowed
Ismene
Extracts Eteocles’s ichor
Eteocles
Works for Kreon; his “shadow”
Part 1: Matching — Match each character or term with the correct description.
Haemon
Arranges a distraction to help Antigone
Oedipus
First freely elected leader in Thebes before death
Jocasta
Worked in the laboratories of the Archive
Trireme
The beacon of hope; Greek for “ship”
Euridyce
Aunt to Oedipus’s children
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “I’m just a viable womb on stilts.” Who is the speaker?
Antigone
Ismene
Eurydice
Jocasta
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “I’m just a viable womb on stilts.” What does this tell us about the role of women in this society?
Women are valued primarily for compulsory reproduction and reduced to their biological function.
Women occupy equal leadership and are celebrated for intellectual contributions.
Women are prohibited from reproduction and instead trained for combat roles.
Women’s status depends entirely on family wealth, not biology.
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “Having a child of your own flesh, while you were still alive, meant having a child who was not a part of that tapestry. It meant having a child who had no soul. Like me.” Who is the speaker?
Antigone
Ismene
Haemon
Polyneikes
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “Having a child of your own flesh… meant having a child who had no soul. Like me.” Why does the speaker not have a soul?
She was born outside the Archive’s sanctioned extraction process and thus is considered soulless by the regime.
She committed a grave crime that stripped her of civil identity.
She rejected participation in the rebellion and lost social standing.
She was exiled from Thebes and deprived of family lineage.
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “___ knew me and I knew him. How he struggled to make sense of things, sometimes; how he found it easier to simply follow the rules.” Who is the speaker?
Antigone
Ismene
Haemon
Eteocles
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “___ knew me and I knew him…” Which character’s name belongs in the blank space above?
Eteocles
Polyneikes
Kreon
Oedipus
Part 3: Quotation Analysis — “___ knew me and I knew him…” What do the speaker and the named character have in common?
Both wrestle with the tension between conscience and obedience to Thebes’s rules.
Both are unwavering revolutionaries who reject all authority outright.
Both are senior Archive engineers responsible for gene editing protocols.
Both are political rivals seeking control of Thebes.
Part 1: Quotation Analysis — “My father has decreed that your brother’s body is not to be touched… not to be Extracted… Excluded from the Archive.” Who is the speaker?
Haemon
Kreon
Antigone
Ismene
Part 2: Quotation Analysis — “My father has decreed that your brother’s body is not to be touched… not to be Extracted… Excluded from the Archive.” What is the significance of this punishment?
It means the deceased will be unable to be reborn.
It grants the deceased a hero’s burial and public celebration.
It allows the family to privately mourn without interference.
It requires exile of all surviving relatives.
Quotation Analysis — “And that was the whole point of it all— the Archive, the gene editing, the compulsory reproduction, and even Kreon’s obsession with stability.” According to Antigone, what exactly is the “point of it all,” and what condition of the world brings about these things?
Preserving human survival through strict control after a catastrophic collapse, with social systems built to enforce stability.
Expanding economic prosperity through free trade in a thriving, unscarred world.
Encouraging artistic freedom by removing all political structures in a peaceful era.
Promoting exploration beyond Thebes due to abundant resources and overpopulation.
Quotation analysis-- Speaker 1: "It's not cowardice to run from an inferno rather than spit water at it"
Speaker 2: "What good is survival if you trade yourself away in the process?"
Speaker 1: Ismene
Speaker 2: Antigone
Speaker 1: Eteocles
Speaker 2: Polyneikes
Speaker 1: Kreon
Speaker 2: Antigone
Speaker 1: Kreon
Speaker 2: Haemon
Quotation Analysis: Speaker 1--"It's not cowardice to run from an inferno rather than spit water at it"
Speaker 2: "What good is survival if you trade yourself away in the process?"
What big ideas does this discussion underline
The tension between personal autonomy and enforced conformity.
The struggle between economic prosperity and poverty.
The debate over technological advancement versus tradition.
The rivalry between Thebes and neighboring cities.
