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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Creon say he will do if Antigone does what he tells her to do in Part 5?

2. At the end of Part 6, Antigone confesses that she is what?

3. After Antigone asks Creon to kill her in a certain way, what does Creon say he wants to do?

4. In Part 6, what has happened to the palace?

5. Where is Antigone's execution to take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What purpose does the Chorus serve? Is it a genuine character or more of a narrator? Do you think that his role is necessary or extraneous? Why?

Essay Topic 2

A strong and perhaps puzzling image used to close out the play is the three guards playing cards. On the surface, this seems an odd way to end the play, yet, on another level, it could be viewed as a way to sum up all of the play's dramatic events. Just about everyone in this play is gambling in one manner or another. Using this analogy, compare Creon's, Antigone's, and Haemon's actions in the play to a game of cards. Does the adage, "The house always wins" hold true in each of these characters' situations, or did one or more of them actually walk away a winner? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The author chose to employ irony in the relationship between Haemon and Antigone. Antigone repeatedly expresses doubts that Haemon truly loves her, despite his insistence that he does. The ironic part of their relationship is in their deaths. Haemon gives his life for Antigone, in a manner, declaring his love for her by dying for her. However, Antigone is already dead and cannot gain any peace from his sacrifice. What purpose, if any, does his futile death serve for the reader? Why?

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