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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus does not condone ______________ or even the entertainment of such thoughts.

2. Antigone knows that the men will praise her for burying her brother, but fear of ________ keeps their mouths shut.

3. Thy power, O __________, what human trespass can limit? - the Chorus in this ode during the play.

4. Man turns the soil of the land with the offspring of ____________, according to the ode.

5. What was Antigone doing to the body of her brother when the guards rushed up to stop her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the sentry not intend to come back to speak to the king about what he knew about Antigone?

2. How is the water image in this stansimon depicted, which is parallel to the ode's ideas about God's wrath?

3. What did the guards do after Creon threatened the sentry initially after questioning him?

4. What will happen to Polyneices' body after he was killed during the battle?

5. What is man said to be the Master of when the Chorus speaks of man in this section of the play?

6. What did Antigone do after the winds picked up and darkness fell, after she cried over the body of her brother?

7. No matter the vicissitudes of life, what does the Chorus say man is held in?

8. What does Creon caution against in the support of his decree about the burial rulings for the two men?

9. In relation to man and to his frailty, the Chorus brings up the evil in having what?

10. What transpired between the two brothers, according to the Chorus in the play during this scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death is almost its own character in this story, appearing to advance the story as it unfolds.

Part 1: Why do you think that death is the only possible sentence for Antigone's crime?

Part 2: Why do you think that some of the characters felt that death was the only way to change the outcome of the story?

Part 3: How might the play have been changed if Haemon and the queen had not killed themselves?

Essay Topic 2

In a sense, there are numerous rivalries occurring during and before the start of this play.

Part 1: Why did Eteocles and Polyneices have a rivalry between themselves?

Part 2: Why did Ismene and Antigone have a rivalry between themselves?

Part 3: Why is rivalry necessary in the course of human relationships? Or isn't it?

Essay Topic 3

The idea of family values and loyalty is one that is tested time and time again in this story - from Antigone and her beliefs to Haemon and his relationship with his father.

Part 1: Why do you think Antigone values her family even more than the law in this play?

Part 2: Why do you think Haemon is so willing to argue with his father about the law that Antigone breaks?

Part 3: What does this play seem to be saying about the value of family in one's life?

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