Antigone Prologue

Where was Antigone set?

• Rome

• Istanbul

• Thebes

• Sparta

The opening scene of a Greek drama is the

• prologue

• ode

• exodus

• strophe

The following description is of which character?

daughter and sister of Oedipus

• Antigone

• Eurydice

• Teiresias

• Niobe

The following description is of which character?
engaged to marry Antigone

• Creon

• Haemon

• Ismene

• Teiresias

The following description is of which character?
Leading men of Thebes who comment on the action of the play

• Chorus

• Creon

• Guards

• Haemon

The following description is of which character?
brother of Antigone who is not to be buried

• Haemon

• Creon

• Eteocles

• Polyneices

The following description is of which character?
Sister of Antigone

• Eurydice

• Ismene

• Haemon

• Guard

Who said this quote?
"I do not think anyone can change the laws the gods made for us."

• Antigone

• Creon

• Chorus

• Ismene

Creon initially refuses to give Polyneices a proper burial because he . . .                          

• wants to test Antigone's lyalty

• feels Polyneices is a traitor

• he faught for Thebes

What is the primary conflict introduced in the prologue of Antigone?

• A) Antigone's desire to bury her brother against Creon's edict

• B) Creon's decision to become king

• C) Ismene's plan to marry Haemon

• D) The Chorus's fear of the gods