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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. Haemon insists that all men can learn from any who can ____________, when talking to his father.

2. Where is Antigone led to after she has been given her sentence by Creon, the King?

3. When talking to Haemon, Creon insists that ____________ has no right to tell him how to rule.

4. Why is Creon apt to decide that the prophet has been telling him the truth about his situation?

5. Love keepest the vigil on the soft cheek of a ____________, according to the Chorus in this section during the play.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Creon pity in some men after talking with Haemon about their relationship?

2. When did Teiresias make an offering to the gods, he tells Creon, that was then refused?

3. What does this ode praise within the story and within the story of mankind as a whole?

4. Why does the Messenger answer the queen, Eurydice, with honesty rather than with lies?

5. Who is the goddess of love and of beauty who the Chorus thinks also enjoys watching the foolishness of man?

6. What does love have the power over, according to this ode in the play?

7. What does Creon feel about prophets and what they have done to him in the past?

8. What does the Chorus elaborate on when it comes to love and its role in the relationship of Haemon and Creon?

9. What does the Messenger have to say about fate at the start of this scene of the play?

10. What does Antigone ask all to see her as when she is standing in front of everyone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At various points of the story, it seems that characters already know what is to happen, even before it happens.

Part 1: Why do you think it's important to have this sort of foreshadowing in a piece of literature?

Part 2: Do you think it ruins a story to hint as to what might happen in the end?

Part 3: If the characters already know what's going to happen, why don't they do anything more to stop the hands of fate?

Essay Topic 2

During the course of the play, there seem to be a number of characters who move back and forth between major characters, causing messages to be shared in directly.

Part 1: Why are the minor characters given the great tasks of sharing information with major players in the story?

Part 2: Why do you think that major characters don't speak to each other more directly during this play?

Part 3: How might the play be different if the action only focused on the major characters?

Essay Topic 3

The Chorus seems fickle at times, thus acting much like a mob in a city. However, they also have influence in the story, it seems.

Part 1: Do you think the mob mentality adds a new dimension to the story?

Part 2: Why do you think the Chorus can still affect the outcome of the story, even though it changes positions in the play?

Part 3: Does the commentary of the Chorus help your comprehension and enjoyment of the story? Why or why not?

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