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Antigone Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| By insisting on burying Polynecies, Antigone shows all of the following EXCEPT | Contempt for Etocles, the brother killed by Polynecies |
| At the beginning of the play, which is MOST likely to be Creon's concern? | Restoring order to the state; protecting the state against anarchy |
| When the sentry first brings Creon the news about Polynecies's grave, Creon | Accuses him of taking money for the burial of Polynecies |
| Creon is angry towards the man who buried Polyneices. What Irony lies in Creon's belief? | The audience knows that Antigone has buried him for religious, not political, reasons |
| Antigone was captured and brought to Creon by | Sentry |
| To Creon, Antigone's actions appear to threaten all of the following EXCEPT | His life |
| In Scene 4, Antigone sees her untimely death as a consequence of | Her father's action to beat the god's curse |
| The chorus places responsibility for Antigone's death on | Antigone herself |
| The chorus tells Creon that Teiresias | has always been right |
| The messenger reports all the events except | Antigone and Haimon are married |
| Creon buries Polyneices | before going to Antigone's prison |
| When Haimon finds Antigone, she | has hanged herself |
| Before he dies, Haimon | tries to kill Creon |
| At the very end of the play, Creon seeks | death OR understanding |
| At the conclusion of the play, what does Creon blame for Antigone's death? | His own foolish pride |
| "That voice is like the voice of death" | Simile |
| "He is a walking dead man" | Paradox |
| "Couch of stone" | Metaphor |
| "Whirring fury: in a whirlwind of wings clashing" | Alliteration |
| "Fate found means to build a tomb" | Personification |
| "A small room, still as any grave" | Simile |
| "Their famished spears came onward in the night" | Personification |
| "surely as bribes are baser than any baseness" | Alliteration |
| "his jaws were sated with our blood" | Personification |
| "Open, unlidded Eye of golden day" | |
| By insisting on burying Polynecies, Antigone shows all of the following EXCEPT | Contempt for Etocles, the brother killed by Polynecies |
| At the beginning of the play, which is MOST likely to be Creon's concern? | Restoring order to the state; protecting the state against anarchy |
| When the sentry first brings Creon the news about Polynecies's grave, Creon | Accuses him of taking money for the burial of Polynecies |
| Creon is angry towards the man who buried Polyneices. What Irony lies in Creon's belief? | The audience knows that Antigone has buried him for religious, not political, reasons |
| Antigone was captured and brought to Creon by | Sentry |
| To Creon, Antigone's actions appear to threaten all of the following EXCEPT | His life |
| In Scene 4, Antigone sees her untimely death as a consequence of | Her father's action to beat the god's curse |
| The chorus places responsibility for Antigone's death on | Antigone herself |
| The chorus tells Creon that Teiresias | has always been right |
| The messenger reports all the events except | Antigone and Haimon are married |
| Creon buries Polyneices | before going to Antigone's prison |
| When Haimon finds Antigone, she | has hanged herself |
| Before he dies, Haimon | tries to kill Creon |
| At the very end of the play, Creon seeks | death OR understanding |
| At the conclusion of the play, what does Creon blame for Antigone's death? | His own foolish pride |
| "That voice is like the voice of death" | Simile |
| "He is a walking dead man" | Paradox |
| "Couch of stone" | Metaphor |
| "Whirring fury: in a whirlwind of wings clashing" | Alliteration |
| "Fate found means to build a tomb" | Personification |
| "A small room, still as any grave" | Simile |
| "Their famished spears came onward in the night" | Personification |
| "surely as bribes are baser than any baseness" | Alliteration |
| "his jaws were sated with our blood" | Personification |
| "Open, unlidded Eye of golden day" | Personification |
| Without a _____________ a plot may not have a cause and effect process. | Unity of Action |
| _____________________ is emotional purgation experienced through vicarious participation in a tragedy. | Catharsis |
| The protagonist's inner weakness or inherent error is called the _____________. | Hamartia |
| Aristotle believed the _______________ and the ______________ took place simultaneously. | Reversal of Situation, Moment of recognition |
| The scene of suffering is necessary in Greek tragedy as Greeks believed there was no _____________ without suffering. | Wisdom |
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