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ANTIGONE UNIT TEST REVIEW
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Antigone is
At the top of the piece of paper, write YOUR NAME and the seat
number you are sitting in.
a. a short story
b. a play
c. a novel
d. a textbook
We will be reviewing for the Antigone Final Exam. This review is
called “Around the World”. If you answer the question correctly,
you will move to the next open space. If you answer the question
incorrectly, you will stay seated. We will do a practice for Round
#1 and #2.
Do not move to seat #’s 34-42.
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Antigone is
Who is the protagonist of Antigone?
a. a female character
b. a male character
a. Choragos
b. Creon
c. Antigone
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Who wrote Antigone?
Greek Theater was invented during festivals honoring which
god?
a. Sophocles
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
a. Dionysus
b. Zeus
c. Aphrodite
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The stage in an ancient Greek theater was called the…
A tragedy tells the story of…
a. parodos
b. orchestra
a. the downfall of a dignified, superior
character
b. deaths and suicides
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Antigone’s father, Oedipus, is famous for…
Creon is the ruler of…
a. killing his father and marrying his sister
b. killing his father and marrying his
mother
a. Sicily
b. Thebes
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What is the chorus’ purpose in Greek Theater?
Creon believes that a good ruler must be…
a. to sing and chant
b. to sum up the action after every scene
c. to say out loud what the audience
should be thinking
d. all of the above
a. well-educated
b. strong
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Why does Creon forbid the burying of Polynieces?
How many actors perform on stage in classical dramas?
a. it is against the law to bury men who die
in battle
b. Polyniece’s army invaded Thebes
a. as many as needed
b. 3
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Ismene is…
How did the choragos differ from the other chorus members?
a. Antigone’s sister
b. Polyniece’s sister
c. Creon’s niece
d. all of the above
a. they could sing
b. they could speak with the actors
c. they wore masks
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Initially, Creon thinks Polyniece’s burial is the work of…
Initially, the Chorus thinks Polyniece’s burial is the work of…
a. Antigone
b. anarchists
c. the gods
a. Antigone
b. anarchists
c. the gods
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The chorus in Antigone represents…
Creon’s greatest fear is…
a. elders of Thebes
b. voice of Zeus
a. angering the gods
b. anarchy
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Haemon is…
Haemon uses which metaphor to explain why Creon should not
be so stubborn.
a. Creon’s son
b. Ismene’s husband
a. a mother bird in its nest
b. a tree that is swept up in a flood
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What is dramatic irony?
Who is the tragic hero of Antigone?
a. the words and actions of the characters
of a work of literature have a
different meaning for the reader
than they do for the characters.
a. Eurydice
b. Creon
b. comparison using like or as.
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What is Creon’s tragic flaw?
What is the catastrophe of the play?
a. greed
b. jealousy
c. pride
a. oracle predicts disaster
b. Creon repents of his pride
c. Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice kill
themselves
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What would be considered the theme of the play?
Who says, “The time is not far off when you shall pay back
corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh…”?
a. love is stronger than death
b. religious laws are more important than
civil laws
a. Chorus
b. Teiresias
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Who says, “If we must lose, let’s lose to a man, at least. Is a
woman stronger than we?”
At the end of the play, Creon is…
a. dead by suicide
b. alive
a. Creon
b. Haemon
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At the end of the play, Eteocles is…
Defile means…
a. dead by suicide
b. dead in battle
a. stained
b. losing something
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Transgression means…
Who would deliver an edict?
a. an act that goes against a law or rule
b. a rule or law
a. someone running for president
b. king
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Lamentation means…
Auspicious means…
a. expression of grief or sorrow
b. to be joyful or happy
a. disappointing
b. conducive to success, favorable
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Lithe means…
a. graceful
b. wordy
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