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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. What kind of image is used to show the wrath that is passed on to future generations?

2. The Chorus notes that even in evil doings, man can be ___________, but there are consequences to these actions.

3. Creon says that Ismene should also be put to death as she is guilty of ____________ in the burial.

4. What is the relationship between Antigone and Ismene, the two women at the start of the story?

5. That _______, in turn, in brought low -- by the blood-stained dust die to the gods infernal.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Choragos and the Chorus meant to represent during the rest of the play?

2. What does Creon believe is secondary to the general good of the people he now rules?

3. What are Antigone and Ismene commiserating about at the start of the story that drives the rest of the play?

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

5. What does this ode have to say about the transference of God's wrath between generations?

6. What is the punishment for Antigone if she goes against the decree of King Creon?

7. What happens to men who are happy in their evil doings, according to the Chorus in this scene?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Like any piece of literature, one must look at the narrator of the story to decide if they can be believed as the story unfolds.

Part 1: Do you think the Chorus was the best choice for narrating this story? Why or why not?

Part 2: What are some of the weaknesses of having the Chorus narrate this story?

Part 3: What other character might be been better suited for narrating this play for the audience? Why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The second section of the play is actually a recollection of the battle that took place to cause the deaths of Eteocles and Polyneices.

Part 1: Why do you think the author decided to backtrack after the opening has already been established?

Part 2: Why does the play need to describe the events which took place in the battle?

Part 3: Do you think the play would have been weakened if this second section had not been included? Why or why not?

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