Antigone Review 1

Antigone and Ismene have recently returned from which city?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Troy

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What is the reason that Antigone and Ismene were gone from Thebes?

• They were burying their father, Oedipus.

• They went to visit the oracle at Delphi.

• They were spending the last days with their father, Oedipus.

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What is the reason for Antigone and Ismene’s return to Thebes?

• Creon ordered them to return.

• They wanted to stop a war between Argos and Thebes.

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When the sisters return to Thebes, they discover that the war is ______.

• still being fought and Antigone chooses to fight with Argos.

• over and their brothers are both dead.

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What reason does Antigone give for the suffering she and her sister have endured?

• The curse of Oedipus’ family

• The horrible death of King Laius

• The feuding of her brothers

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As King of Thebes, Creon declares:

• That all family members of Oedipus will be stoned to death.

• That anyone burying Polyneices will be stoned to death.

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Which brother of Antigone and Ismene was buried with military honors?

• Eteocles

• Polyneices

• Oedipus

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Which brother’s body “must lie in the fields, a sweet treasure for carrion birds to find as they search for food.”?

• Polyneices

• Oedipus

• Haimon

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Which words best describe Ismene’s personality and character traits?

• Feisty and fearless

• Mournful and mighty

• Meek and mild

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How did Ismene feel about burying her brother, Polyneices?

• She was afraid of committing a crime against her father, Oedipus.

• She had no strength to break laws that were made for the public good.

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