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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 is the punishment for burying the body of the soldier in defiance of the decree during the play?

2. The power that crosses the ____________ sea, driven by the stormy south-wind, making a path under...

3. _________ supported the Thebans as he does not support the proud, like Polyneices and his army.

4. Ismene feels powerless as a __________ at the start of the story, in addition to her family background.

5. And _________, the eldest of the gods, the immortal, the unwearied, doth he wear...

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the sentry admit to Choragos when he is being questioned about the burial?

4. What does the Chorus praise when they are speaking in this section of the play?

5. What happened the day before the opening of the play, according to the speakers in this scene?

6. What does Antigone plan to do in response to the King's decree about the burial of her brother?

7. What are Creon's ideas about loyalty when it comes to ruling the people of Thebes?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The main idea of this story is the idea of moral law versus man's law, with the obvious tilt toward moral law being over man's law.

Part 1: How does one even begin to define the idea of moral law? Can this even be measured? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think that moral law is more revered than man's law?

Part 3: Which do you believe is more important - man's law or moral law? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Women are certainly a central focus of this play and of its actions. There are many questions also brought up in regards to the position of women in society.

Part 1: What does the author seem to be saying about the position of women in society at the time?

Part 2: Why does Isemene seem to think that women should obey the laws of men?

Part 3: Would you consider Antigone to be a feminist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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