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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. Who enters in order to announce to the king that someone has tried to cover up the body of Polyneices?

2. Who was the captive of the Sentry, the person for which the Sentry was responsible during the play?

3. The two men of cruel fate were born of one _____________ and one mother, according to the Chorus.

4. Creon shouts that the gods do not favor the ________ such as Polyneices who show them disrespect.

5. Creon sees the rights of the _____________ as different for those who are good and those who are wicked.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antigone have to say when Creon states that she defied the law about burying her brother?

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

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

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

5. Why does God support the Theban warriors during the battle that took place prior to the start of the play?

6. What is the tone that the Chorus now takes on, which is different from the earlier tone it shared?

7. What does Creon say about his position and his worthiness to be in such a position?

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

9. What is the one force from which man is not immune, according to the Chorus in this part of the play?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fate seems to be a large character in and of itself, causing characters to do things and to not do things in accordance to it.

Part 1: Why do you think the characters in the play are not willing to do things to interfere with fate?

Part 2: Which character(s) seem most likely to ignore what might be considered to be fate? Why?

Part 3: Do you believe in the idea of fate? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Like so many other sisters, Antigone and Ismene seem to have a complicated relationship. They want what's best for themselves and for others, though they do not agree.

Part 1: Why do you think these sisters seem to have so much trouble, at first, agreeing with each other?

Part 2: Which sister seems to have the most plausible argument regarding the burial of Polyneices? Why?

Part 3: Do you think that sisters can ever agree with each other all the time? Why or why not?

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