Antigone: Section 1 (Lines 1-200)

At the beginning of the play, which two characters are speaking?

• Polyneices and Eteocles

• Creon and Jocasta

• Oedipus and Antigone

• Antigone and Ismene

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What are these two characters talking about?

• Overthrowing the new king, Kreon

• Whether or not they should follow a law

• Who would make a better king, Polyneices or Eteocles?

• Whether they should bury their father, Oedipus.

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At the end of section one, what do the characters agree to do?

• Work together toward a common goal

• Break Kreon's law

• Bury Polyneices

• They actually do not agree to do anything together.

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After the conversation between the two characters in section one, the chorus describes . . .

• . . . a civil war.

• . . . how Polyneices and Eteocles die.

• . . . what Zeus hates.

• All of the above (All answer choices)

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According to the chorus, what does Zeus hate?

• "the noise of a bragging tongue"

• "the man who was rushing like a racer to the goal"

• "a twin death"

• None of the above (no answer choices)

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Who is the last character to speak in Section 1, lines 1-200 (pages 21-27)?

• Antigone

• Ismene

• Chorus

• Koryphaios

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The last character to speak in Section 1, lines 1-200 (pages 21-27), announces the entrance of another character. Who is it?

• Koryphaios

• Antigone

• Kreon

• This doesn't happen in the text.

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Before the beginning of the play, which characters have already died?

• Oedipus

• Polyneices

• Eteocles

• All of the above

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Who is the current king of Thebes?

• Oedipus

• Kreon

• Neither

• Both

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Before the play begins which characters are fighting a civil war?

• Polyneices and Eteocles

• Antigone and Ismene

• Oedipus and Kreon

• None of the above

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