| Whom does Creon refuse to bury? A) IsmeneB) Eteocles3) Eurydice4) Polyneices | d) Polyneices |
| Re-read the following comments from the sentry in Scene I. What do the comments help you infer about Creon? “I did not do it. I did not see who did it. You must not punish me for what someone else has done.”A) He respects honestyB) He acts without fairnessC) He is easily fooled by othersD) He feels sympathy for commoners | B) He acts without fairness |
| Whose laws does Antigone say she follows? A) the gods’B) Oedipus’C) her ownD) Creon’s | A) the gods’ |
| Haemon argues that Creon should free Antigone because…A) others believe that Antigone is innocentB) Haemon fought Antigone’s brotherC) Ismene cannot live without AntigoneD) Antigone is Oedipus’ daughter | A) others believe that Antigone is innocent |
| What angers Antigone at the beginning of the play? A) The elders refuse to honor EteoclesB) Creon refuses to hear her complaintsC) Polynieces attacks Thebes and kills EteoclesD) Ismene refuses to help bury Polyneices | D) Ismene refuses to help bury Polyneices |
| Re-read the following comment from Creon to the chorus in Scene I of this drama. What can you infer about Creon’s motivation for making this statement? “I am aware, of course, that no ruler can expect complete loyalty from his subjects until he has been tested in office.” A) He is worried that no one trusts him.B) He has no clear concept of government.C) He wants Antigone to test his governing skills.D) He must reassure the chorus about Eteocles. | A) He is worried that no one trusts him. |
| How has Creon become the king of Thebes? A) He took over the throne from OedipusB) He was next in line after Polyneices and Eteocles diedC) Polyneices gave up his right to the throneD) Eteocles was killed | B) He was next in line after Polyneices and Eteocles died. |
| What is the punishment Creon has planned for the person who defies his law? A) death by drowningB) death by guillotineC) death by burning at the stakeD) death by stoning | D) death by stoning |
| What is the setting of the Parodos? A) the gates of Thebes at dawn. B) the palace of ThebesC) the outskirts of the cityD) the tomb of Eteocles | A) the gates of Thebes at dawn |
| Who is the protagonist of the drama? A) IsmeneB) AntigoneC) PolyneicesD) Creon | B) Antigone |
| Who is the antagonist of the drama? A) IsmeneB) AntigoneC) PolyneicesD) Creon | D) Creon |
| Who is Antigone’s foil character? A) IsmeneB) EteoclesC) PolyneicesD) Creon | A) Ismene |
| The conflict in the Prologue is betweenA) Eteocles and PolyneicesB) Antigone and IsmeneC) Antigone and CreonD) Creon and Haemon | B) Antigone and Ismene |
| What does the picture on p. 971 suggest about the relationship between Antigone and Ismene? A) They share a close, loving , sisterly relationshipB) They do not get along at allC) Ismene is afraid of AntigoneD) Antigone is abusive of her sister | A) They share a close, loving, sisterly relationship |
| In the Parodos (lines 3-4), what is the “unlidded eye of golden day?” A) the moonB) the main gate of Thebes at dawnC) the eye of ZeusD) the sun | D) the sun |
| When Creon is referred to as “He the wild eagle screaming insults above our land,” with the shields as his wings and the helmets as his crest, this is an example of – A) simileB) extended metaphorC) ironyD) metaphor | B) extended metaphor |
| What is the effect of describing Polyneices as a “wild eagle screaming insults above our land?” A) it is a sensory detail that evokes the image of the frightful power and wildness of a battle cry. B) it is an example of figurative language designed to compare Polyneices to a fierce bird.C) it is an example of irony because Polyneices lost the battle after all D) A and C only E) A and B only | A and B only |
| Antigone’s primary loyalty is to:A) the stateB) her familyC) the godsD) Polyneices | C) the gods |
| What can you infer about the Choragus’s view on Creon’s law by the following statement: “If that is your will, Creon, you have the right to enforce it: we are yours.” A) the Choragus agrees with his lawB) the Choragus is bound to support CreonC) Creon’s law will be fine with the godsD) The Choragus is afraid of Creon | B) The Choragus is bound to support Creon |
| Creon’s comparison of his government to a ship is an example of:A) ironyB) hyperboleC) extended metaphorD) simile | C) extended metaphor |
| In lines 139-140, Creon wants the Sentry to “bring him the man” who dared to defy the law. This is an example of:A) dramatic ironyB) metaphorC) hyperboleD) inverted grammar | A) dramatic irony |
| The first stanza of the Ode at the end of Scene I is about: A) how man is feebleB) the wonder of manC) the inexhaustibility of the earthD) the timeless labor of stallions | B) the wonder of man |
| The second stanza of the Ode at the end of Scene I is about:A) light-boned fish and birdsB) how man cannot control the animalsC) how man is able to tame the animalsD) the sultry shoulders of the mountain bull | C) how man is able to tame the animals |
| The third stanza in Ode I is about:A) the spears of winter rainB) how man dominates government and thoughtC) how man makes shelter for himselfD) both B and C | D) both B and C |
| The final stanza of Ode 1 is about:A) the benefits of keeping law and orderB) how good it is to break the lawC) the benefits of anarchyD) the proud city of Thebes | A) the benefits of keeping law and order |
Antigone Prologue and Scene I
February 16, 2020