Antigone – Objective Test
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From the Translated Text by Paul Roche
A. courage or fortitude
B. sudden or unexpected changes
C. one who foresees the future
D. to put into practice or effect, law
E. a pouring of wine in honor of gods
AB. an omen or sign of future
AC. a decree or ordered issued by a leader
AD. excessive pride in appearance
AE. a servile follower
BC. submission to higher authority
CD. excessive pride in appearance
CE. an omen or sign of the future
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Vocabulary
1. edict
2. portent
3. promulgate
4. libations
5. vicissitudes
6. lackey
7. vanity
8. prophet
9. mettle
10. deference
Vocabulary II – Literary Terms
11. hamartia
12. catharsis
13. strophe
14. anagnorisis
15. peripeteia
B. emotional release that is goal of tragedy
C. movement of chorus and choral reading
D. discovery, moment of knowledge or acknowledgment
E. a tragic hero’s weakness or “tragic flaw”
AB. reversal or turning point, epiphany
Matching
16. Antigone
17. Eteocles
18. Creon
19. Haemon
20. Eurydice
21. Tiresias
22. Ismene
23. Polyneices
24. Sentry
25. Chorus (Leader)
A. sister of Antigone who fears for her
B. fiancé of Antigone and son of Creon
C. ruler of Thebes
D. wife of Creon
E. strong willed daughter of Oedipus; buries Polyneices
AB. honored brother who defended Thebes
AC. blind prophet
AD. dishonored brother who attacks Thebes
AE. Theban elder who “advises” Creon
BC. guard who reports “burial” of Polyneices
A. fails to show “unremitting deference to his father’s will”
B. fears punishment – “is not meant to war against the state”
C. “one blind man led by another”
D. “honors he alone who honors Thebes” – forbids burial
E. defies the edict and follows the laws of the gods
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Matching II
26. Creon
27. Antigone
28. Ismene
29. Haemon
30. Tiresias
True/False – A=true and B=false
31. Antigone obviously loves Polyneices more than Eteocles
32. Creon suspects someone was bribed to bury Polyneices or allow his burial
33. In a battle for control of Thebes, Polyneices and Eteocles killed each other
34. The citizens refuse to honor Creon’s edict and rebel against his rule
35. Haemon is Antigone’s cousin
36. After learning of her son’s death, Creon’s wife kills herself
37. Antigone accepts that she has no one to blame but herself for her fate – death
38. Creon fears that if he deals kindly with a traitor that he will lose the authority and
credibility to lead Thebes
39. Ismene warns Antigone that the family is cursed and that she should not tempt
fate by challenging Creon
40. Following the deaths of his wife and son, Creon commits suicide
41. The sentry is conflicted about having to turn Antigone in to Creon
42. The Chorus acknowledges the value of both Haemon’s and Creon’s arguments
about the fate of Antigone
43. The city has sympathy for Antigone following her “crime”
44. Creon does not feel he has to follow the will of the people
45. Haemon ultimately follows his father’s advice and chooses Creon over Antigone
46. Antigone accepts Ismene’s offer to share the blame for her act
47. Tiresias warns Creon to reverse his decision, lest he suffer the wrath of the gods
48. Creon is the tragic hero of the play
49. Following the angry exchange between Antigone and Creon, the Chorus uses their
ode to honestly and sincerely praise human intelligence as a masterpiece
50. Antigone’s weakness is her stubborn will
Quote Identification
A. Antigone
E. Haemon
B. Ismene
AB Tiresias
C. Creon
AC. Sentry
D. Chorus (Leader)
AE. Messenger
51. As women we are just not meant to war against the State.
52. But I hear a city’s sympathy for a girl.
53. And must I let the mob dictate my policy.
54. To err is human, true, and only he is damned who having sinned will not repent,
will not repair.