1) Who is Antigone? a) daughter of Oedipus b) daughter of Creon c) mother of Ismene 2) Who is Creon? a) King of Thebes, uncle of Antigone  b) Duke of Thebes, father of Antigone c) Duke of Thebes, father of Haemon 3) Who is the father of Antigone, Ismene, Polynices, and Eteocles? a) Jacosta b) Oedipus c) Creon d) Polynices 4) What are Antigone and Ismene arguing about at the beginning of the play? a) Antigone wants to bury Polynices b) Ismene wants to bury Polynices c) Antigone wants to marry Haemon 5) Who is Teiresias? a) a blind king b) a deaf oracle/prophet c) a blind oracle/prophet 6) The Chorus is represented by... a) the Furies b) the townspeople c) the senators/elders of Thebes d) the Greek pantheon 7) Why has Creon become king? a) Polynices & Eteocles ran away; Creon is the next in line. b) Creon murdered Polynices & Eteocles c) Polynices & Eteocles committed fratricide; Creon is the next in line 8) According to Greek belief, what will happen to Polynices if he is left unburied? a) He will go to Tartarus to be punished b) There will be no rest for him in the underworld c) His spirit will be trapped in his body 9) What is the purification of the emotions (especially pity and fear) primarily through art? a) mythos b) hamartia c) catharsis? 10) What is a hero's tragic flaw? a) catharsis b) hubris c) hamartia 11) Who wrote Antigone?  a) Sophocles b) Aeschylus c) Aristotle 12) According to Aristotle, what are the 3 elements a good story must have? a) hamartia, mythos, catharsis b) mythos, mimesis, catharsis c) mimesis, hubris, hamartia 13) Why does Antigone get arrested? a) She was shouting in the streets against Creon b) She married Haemon in secret c) She got caught burying Polynices with rituals 14) What is Antigone's purpose in performing funeral rites over Polynice's body a SECOND time? a) She wants to make a statement b) The wind blew away the dirt from the first time c) She forgot to the ceremonial water  15) Name two of the views that are in tension in the play (themes). a) family vs. law b) morality (the gods' law) vs. man's law c) morality vs. family  d) the city vs. the state

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