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Antigone Exam B
I. Match the Person (2 points each)

A. Laios E. Jocasta I. Oedipus M. Polyneices

B. Eteocles F. Ismene J. Antigone N. Teiresias

C. Creon G. Eurydice K. Haemon O. Choragus

D. Chorus H. Messenger L. Sentry

1. _____ This person is buried with full military honors.

2. _____ This person stabs his eyes out.

3. _____These people are a group of 15 old men that explain what happens in the story.

4. _____This person is engaged to her cousin.

5. _____This person is so overcome with grief that she stabs herself in the heart.

6. _____This person is killed by his son.

7. _____This person catches Antigone in the act of reburying her brother.

8. _____This person tries to stab someone but misses, and then stabs himself on his side.

9. _____This person is a blind prophet.

10. _____This person brings bad news to the Choragus, Audience, and Eurydice.

11. _____This person marries her son.

12. _____This person is too prideful and suffers the consequences as a result of the pride.

13. _____This person is a leader of a bunch of old men.

14. _____This person refuses to bury her dead brother.

15. _____This person is eaten by dogs. (Not Chihuahuas, Yorkies, or Pitbulls!)

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II. Match the Quote (2 points each)

16. _____Antigone J. “You consider it right for a man of my years and

experience to go to school to a boy…Fool, adolescent
fool!”

17. _____Ismene I. “O King, a man should never be too sure of everything; I would
have sworn that you’d not see me here again…”

18. _____Creon H. “Grief and I are no strangers.”

19. _____Haimon G. “They are dead. The living are guilty of their death.”

20. _____Eurydice F. “Creon, take my advice: Go quickly, free Antigone from her
vault and build a tomb for the body of Polyneices.”

21. _____Teiresias E. “They mean a great deal to me, but I have no strength to break
the laws that were made for public good.”

22. _____Chorus D. “You are not in a position to know everything that people say
or do, or what they feel. Your temper terrifies them…”

23. _____Choragus C. “O tomb, vaulted bride bed in eternal rock, Soon I shall be
with my own again.”

24. _____Sentry B. “You are a king because of me.”

25. _____Messenger A. “Fortunate is the man who has never tasted God’s vengeance!
Where once the anger of heaven has struck, that house is
shaken forever. Damnation rises behind each child…”

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III. Family Tree (2 points each)

26-29 _____Antigone, Ismene, Polyneices, Eteocles 28. _____Creon 29. ____Haemon

30. _____Eurydice 31. _____Oedipus 32._____ Jocasta 33. _____Laios

Family Tree

A B C D

OMIT Oedipus
F Haemon
G

H H H H

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IV. Short Answer (7 points each )

Answer each question in complete sentences. You will need 3-4 sentences per answer.

34. What was Antigone’s conflict at the beginning of the play? What does she ask her sister to
do? How does her sister respond? Why does she respond this way?

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35. Is the argument, “We are only women/We cannot fight with men, Antigone!” still used
today? Why do you think it is/isn’t being used? Explain your thoughts.

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36. Based on Scene 1, how would you characterize Creon? What does he forbid any “man” to
do? Why do you think he is acting this way?

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37. Why does Antigone say that she “…welcomes death”?

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38. What does Haimon threaten to do? How does his father respond? Why do you think he
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39. What does Antigone look forward to in death?

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40. What does Teiresias advise Creon to do? What does Creon accuse Teiresias of? What fate
does Teiresias prophesize for Creon?

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41. Briefly describe the news the Messenger brings during the Exodus of the play. (HINT:
many things occur during this time. Make sure that you explain them all…)

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