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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many captains were at the gates and were matched again during the battle?

2. How does Creon describe Antigone after she calls him a fool during her interrogation?

3. To what place does Creon believe that Antigone will go after her death for her actions?

4. Ismene tries to uphold __________ law and does not believe anyone should oppose it during the play.

5. The Chorus does not condone ______________ or even the entertainment of such thoughts.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Antigone plan to do in response to the King's decree about the burial of her brother?

2. What is the one force from which man is not immune, according to the Chorus in this part of the play?

3. What does Choragos have to say about Polyneices during the battle the previous day?

4. What did Antigone do after the winds picked up and darkness fell, after she cried over the body of her brother?

5. What did the guards do after Creon threatened the sentry initially after questioning him?

6. What does Creon believe is secondary to the general good of the people he now rules?

7. In relation to man and to his frailty, the Chorus brings up the evil in having what?

8. What happens to men who are happy in their evil doings, according to the Chorus in this scene?

9. No matter the vicissitudes of life, what does the Chorus say man is held in?

10. What is the status of the battle at the start of the play, ANTIGONE?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Women are certainly a central focus of this play and of its actions. There are many questions also brought up in regards to the position of women in society.

Part 1: What does the author seem to be saying about the position of women in society at the time?

Part 2: Why does Isemene seem to think that women should obey the laws of men?

Part 3: Would you consider Antigone to be a feminist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of family values and loyalty is one that is tested time and time again in this story - from Antigone and her beliefs to Haemon and his relationship with his father.

Part 1: Why do you think Antigone values her family even more than the law in this play?

Part 2: Why do you think Haemon is so willing to argue with his father about the law that Antigone breaks?

Part 3: What does this play seem to be saying about the value of family in one's life?

Essay Topic 3

The Chorus is something most readers are not used to seeing in a play as they might see or read in the modern times.

Part 1: Why do you think the Chorus played such an important role in Greek tragedies?

Part 2: Why is the Chorus a necessary part of the play?

Part 3: How might the play have changed if the Chorus had not been included in this play?

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