Antigone | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part 1

1. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?

It has no geographical or historical implications.

2. What is the character's name who introduces the other characters?

The Chorus.

3. How is Antigone described in Part 1?

A dark, thin girl.

4. What is Antigone wishing in Part 1?

That she didn't have to die soon.

5. What is Antigone's sister's name?

Ismene.

6. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?

A happy, laughing girl.

7. When the characters are introduced in Part 1, their basic characteristics are given. What else is revealed about these characters?

Their eventual fates.

8. How is Haemon described in Part 1?

Fun loving and sport loving.

9. What is Creon's occupation?

King of Thebes.

10. What was Creon's former occupation?

Chief advisor to the king.

11. How is the Nurse described in Part 1?

An old woman.

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