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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 not one of the things that Antigone reminds the people of when she addresses the people of Thebes?

2. What does Antigone believe that Creon should be found guilty of in relation to his reaction to her actions?

3. Who does the new wife blind after the king imprisons the person as answered in #153?

4. Creon is delighted that Haemon's fascination with ____________ seems to be eroding during this scene during the play.

5. Who does Creon feel have always manipulated him, which is a sign of his own self pity for his situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Creon feel about prophets and what they have done to him in the past?

2. When did Teiresias make an offering to the gods, he tells Creon, that was then refused?

3. Why does Creon believe he will be seen as even more powerful than he is now?

4. What does Haemon come to say to his father, Creon, when he learns about Antigone?

5. What does the Chorus lament in relation to Antigone's story and to the story of the princess?

6. To whom does Antigone compare her emotional state during her time before Creon?

7. What does love have the power over, according to this ode in the play?

8. What does the Messenger say about the grief that the queen must be feeling after the events which took place?

9. Who is the goddess of love and of beauty who the Chorus thinks also enjoys watching the foolishness of man?

10. Why does the Messenger answer the queen, Eurydice, with honesty rather than with lies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the course of the play, there seem to be a number of characters who move back and forth between major characters, causing messages to be shared in directly.

Part 1: Why are the minor characters given the great tasks of sharing information with major players in the story?

Part 2: Why do you think that major characters don't speak to each other more directly during this play?

Part 3: How might the play be different if the action only focused on the major characters?

Essay Topic 2

The Chorus seems fickle at times, thus acting much like a mob in a city. However, they also have influence in the story, it seems.

Part 1: Do you think the mob mentality adds a new dimension to the story?

Part 2: Why do you think the Chorus can still affect the outcome of the story, even though it changes positions in the play?

Part 3: Does the commentary of the Chorus help your comprehension and enjoyment of the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

At various points of the story, it seems that characters already know what is to happen, even before it happens.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important to have this sort of foreshadowing in a piece of literature?

Part 2: Do you think it ruins a story to hint as to what might happen in the end?

Part 3: If the characters already know what's going to happen, why don't they do anything more to stop the hands of fate?

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