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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Haemon and Creon related?
(a) Creon is Haemon's uncle.
(b) Creon is Haemon's brother.
(c) Creaon is Haemon's instructor.
(d) Creon is Haemon's father.

2. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?
(a) Stop crying.
(b) Kneel at her feet.
(c) Think about what he's going to say before he says it.
(d) Leave.

3. Who is playing cards in Part 1?
(a) Antigone.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) Three soldiers.
(d) The King.

4. What is Antigone's response to Ismene's reply when Antigone tells Ismene about her plan?
(a) She disagrees and begins to pack.
(b) She refuses, saying that it is the way things are meant to be.
(c) She agrees and offers Ismene another option.
(d) She leaves the room angrily.

5. What was Creon's former occupation?
(a) Chief advisor to the king.
(b) King of Thebes.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Servant to the king's advisor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Part 1 say about the play's setting?

2. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?

3. What does Nurse bring at the beginning of Part 3?

4. In Part 3, as Nurse is wondering what is wrong with Antigone, who enters the room?

5. In Part 3, why did Antigone say that she was telling Haemon all the things she was telling him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antigone react to what the Nurse says about Antigone's mother in Part 2?

2. In examining Antigone, one is drawn to the conclusion that Anouilh is influenced greatly by the genre of Greek tragedy. There are several key differences, however. One of those differences is the role of the gods in the lives of common men and women. In what manner does Anouilh firmly plant his storyline in the modern day by supplanting man's influence for the influence the gods?

3. The relationship between Antigone and Haemon is complicated. Despite his vows of love, Antigone cannot bring herself to believe that Haemon would choose her over Ismene. In Part 3, what does Antigone do to test Haemon?

4. Many of Antigone's actions can be defined as either selfish or unselfish. Some may blur the lines. In Part 3, do you think Antigone's treatment of Haemon is selfish or unselfish, or can an argument be made for a bit of both?

5. Antigone, the princess, has been reduced to the level of a beggar, filthy and ragged. In Part 4, the guards discuss Antigone and her value to Creon with Antigone well within earshot. Describe the guards' discussion and Antigone's.

6. Why does the author expose the character's fates in the beginning?

7. Who was responsible for Oedipus's death and why? What did Oedipus do before he died?

8. After learning that everyone is dead, Creon leaves to make a council meeting. What is ironic about this?

9. What is the moment of crisis as described in "Antigone"?

10. As is typical of a tragedy, the lovers die together; their marital bed now serving as their death bed. Do you think Creon is really surprised by Haemon's suicide?

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