Review for Antigone Test (25 Points): Review all the following items in your book and on
your study guide for the final test on Antigone. The test is 55 Points, but if you can do all the
work below and study what’s below, you will do well on the test.
Matching Practice:Identify the following characters below. Many character names will be
used twice.
Antigone
Ismene
Eurydice
Creon
Haimon
Teirisias
Oedipus
Jocasta
Sentry
Chorus
Choragos
Zeus
Polyneices
Eteocles
Niobe
Tears out his eyes because he feels he was blind to the truth. _____________________
Son of Creon, engaged to Antigone.______________________
The representative of the general public’s and chorus’s voice._____________________
The god of all Greek people.________________
Refuses to break Creon’s decree.____________________
Is not to be buried, but is to rot in open air.______________________
Loses a dice game and must bring bad news to Creon._____________________
Believes in god’s law over human law.__________________
Refuses to give up his throne to his brother, and dies by his brother’s hand.__________________
Current ruler of Thebes (present tense in the play).__________________
The queen of Thebes. ______________________
Antigone compares her fate to this other imprisoned woman._____________________
Antigone blames her doomed fate on the character.____________________
The blind prophet, who sits in a state of augury._______________________
Advises Creon to follow the prophet’s suggestions/requests._____________________
Spits in Creon’s face._________________
This character dies in honor of his/her family. ____________________
Referred to as “a walking dead man.”___________________
Short Answer Practice: Answer the following in sentence form
Explain the type of law Antigone favors/believes versus the type of law Creon favors/believes.
What crime has Polyneices committed, according to Creon?
Initially, who does Creon believe buries the body of Polyneices?
How do the guards manage to capture Antigone?
Why is Antigone so angry with Ismene after they’ve both been brought in to see Creon?
What does the blind prophet claim happens that bothers him when he’s in augury (2 things)?
What does the blind prophet claim MUST be done to repair the evil against the gods (2 things)?
What does Creon see when he looks into the tomb at the end of the play (2 things)?
Why does Sophocles not have Creon die at the end of the play?
Explain, in detail, how each of the following characters dies:
Haimon -
Antigone -
Eurydice -
Multiple Choice Practice: Answer the following multiple choice questions.
1. Creon has forbidden Polynieces’s burial because
Creon views him as
a. A traitor
c. insignificant
b. A coward
d. cursed by god
2. Antigone’s determination to bury Polyneices is based
mainly on feelings of
a. hatred for Creon
b. disloyalty to Thebes
c. loyalty to her brother
d. anger at insulting to her
family
3. At first, Ismene is unwilling to help her sister bury
Polyneices because Ismene
a. thinks Creon is right to forbid his burial
b. does not want to be punished
c. believes the gods would oppose such behavior
d. believes the dead can neither be harmed or
helped.
4. When Ismene shows reluctance to help Antigone
bury Polyneices, Antigone responds with
a. dismissal
b. pleading
c. understanding
d. confused disbelief
5. When Antigone goes ahead with her plan to bury
Polyneices, she believes that
a. she can avoid being caught
b. she might be put to death
c. Creon will spare her from punishment
d. The citizens will protect her from Creon
6. Creon’s main concern at the beginning of the play
has to do with
a. acquiring the blessings of the gods.
b. Restoring political stability
c. Protecting Thebes from the Argive army
d. Protecting his own family and safety
7. Creon becomes extremely upset whenever he thinks
he perceives a threat to his
a. wisdom
b. courage
c. religion
d. authority
8. When Creon accuses Ismene of helping Antigone,
Ismene claims that she
a. is innocent
b. is equally guilty
c. is the only one to blame
d. knew nothing of Antigone’s plan
9. How do the people of Thebes react to Creon’s
punishment of Antigone?
A. They favor it C. They think it’s too lenient
B. They riot
D. They want her honored
10. Antigone dies
11. Who is the last person in the play to speak?
12. Creon’s pride in the play is an example of
A. Antigone
B. Creon
C. The Choragos
D. Sophocles
13. What were Creon and the messenger doing when
they prayed to Hecate and Pluto?
A. Burial Rites
C. Eating Doritos
B. Fishing
D. Freeing Antigone
15. One of the biggest themes in the play is
A. Evil
C. Honor
B. Deception
D. Friendship
A. By fire
B. By sword
A. Satire
B. A Tragic Flaw
C. By her own hand
D. Because of her punishment
C. Personification
D. Irony
14. Sophocles includes Eurydice in the play to create
a sense of
A. Lust
C. Humor
B. Sympathy
D. Pride