Antigone Unit Test Study Guide
Characters: Matching
Antigone
Eteocles
Ismene
Ismene
Teiresias
Polyneices
Haimon
Multiple Choice Questions:
1.
Creon has forbidden Polyneices’s burial because Creon views him as a ________________________.
2. What is the setting of the play?
3. What happened to Antigone’s brothers?
4. Antigone’s determination to bury Polyneices is based mainly on feelings of
5. Ismene is, at first, unwilling to help Antigone bury Polyneices because Ismene
6. When Ismene shows reluctance to help Antigone bury Polyneices, Antigone responds with
7. What is supposed to happen to Antigone if she disobeys Creon’s law?
8. Who is the protagonist in this play?
9. When Antigone goes ahead with her plan to bury Polyneices, she believes that
10. Creon becomes upset whenever he perceives a challenge to his__________________________.
11. Who is the antagonist in the play?
12. How did the Sentry know that it was Antigone that buried Polyneices?
20. At the beginning, Haimon speaks to his father saying that _________________________
21. What does Creon say makes a good son?
22. What is the conflict between Creon and Tiresias?
23. After Tiresias has gone, Creon reacts by showing
24. How does Creon respond to the death of his wife and son?
25. Which of the following statements made by Creon proves to be one that he should, himself,
have taken to heart?
Antigone Essay Question (50 points total)
What is one theme in the play Antigone? Be sure to support your answer with two quotes
from the text. You may use your notes and/ or the textbook.