Antigone

Who does Antigone attribute as being the cause of the family’s misery?

• Zeus

• Oedipus

• Ismene

• Polyneices

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E2.4G

E2.6B

Which of these sentences best describes what has happened to Antigone’s brothers as it is explained in the text?

• One brother has died and is being honored by Creon; the other brother has been banished from the city-state of Thebes.

• Both brothers have died and Creon is providing a great feast to honor his nephews before a funeral.

• One brother has died and is being given funeral rights; the other brother has died and is forbidden burial.

• Both brothers have lost in battle and have been ordered to leave the city-state of Thebes with Antigone.

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E2.5D

What do these lines from lines 38-41 most reveal about the tension between Antigone and Ismene?

ISMENE: But how, my rash, fond sister, in such case
Can I do anything to make or mar?

ANTIGONE: Say, wilt thou aide me and abet? Decide.

ISMENE: In what bold venture? What is in thy thought?

• Ismene views Antigone as powerless to create change and is worried for her sister. Antigone wants Ismene to help her but must first explain her plans.

• Ismene views Antigone as reckless and is reluctant to assist Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to agree to help her without first knowing the plan.

• Ismene views Antigone as troubled and has decided to avoid Antigone. Antigone wants Ismene to explain how she can regain her trust.

• Ismene views Antigone as meddling and is annoyed. Antigone wants Ismene to undertake a journey.

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E2.4F

What does compulsion mean as it is used by Ismene in lines 63-66?

Therefore I plead compulsion and entreat
The dead to pardon. I perforce obey
The powers that be. 'Tis foolishness, I ween,
To overstep in aught the golden mean.

• An inability to make a decision

• A refusal to do what is required

• A duty to act according to the law

• An acknowledgement of uncertainty

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E2.2B

Which of these statements best describes what Antigone believes will be the consequences of her plan?

• She believes Creon will honor her.

• She believes she might be punished.

• She believes she will cause an uprising.

• She believes her sister will disown her.

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E2.4F

Which of these lines from the text best support the answer to Question 5?

• “For what of pain, affliction, outrage, shame, / Is lacking in our fortunes…”

• “I know ‘twas so, and therefore summoned thee / Beyond the gates…”

• “…I shall hate thee more / If thou proclaim it not to all the town.”

• “…the worst that can befall / Is but to die an honorable death.”

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E2.5C

Creon’s decree that Polyneices remain unburied is mostly based on...

• a sense of vengeance

• principle

• erratic behavior from Creon

• longstanding hatred for Polyneices

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E2.4G

E2.4F

E2.6A

Which of these lines from the text best support the answer to Question 7?

• “Elders, the gods have righted one again / Our storm-tossed ship of state, now safe in port. / But you by special summons I convened / As my most trusted councilors;”

• “Nor would I reckon as my private friend / A public foe, well knowing that the State / Is the good ship that holds our fortunes all: / Farewell to friendship, if she suffers wreck.”

• “For Polyneices 'tis ordained that none / Shall give him burial or make mourn for him, / But leave his corpse unburied, to be meat / For dogs and carrion crows, a ghastly sight.”

• “Eteocles / Who in his country's battle fought and fell, / The foremost champion—duly bury him / With all observances and ceremonies / That are the guerdon of the heroic dead.”

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E2.5C

Match the statements to the character that best show the beliefs expressed by Antigone and Ismene in the excerpt:

• I have no power to create change.

• Neither

• Neither

• Ismene

• Antigone

• We have had every imaginable sorrow in our family.

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E2.4G

E2.5C

E2.6B

Match the statements to the character that best show the beliefs expressed by Antigone and Ismene in the excerpt:

• Ismene

• We must listen to what Creon has commanded.

• Neither

• Help me bury Polyneices.

• Antigone

• Neither

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E2.4G

E2.5C

E2.6B