1. Greek Drama and Antigone Review for the Test
You will be separated into two teams.
Team Eteocles
&
Team Polyneices

2. The winner will receive a special treat!
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3. Question 1 What did the chorus do in Greek theater? a. sing and chant
b. sum up the action after every scene
c. say out loud what the audience should be thinking
d. all of the above

4. The Answer: D
All of the above
The chorus sang and chanted, summed up the action, and said what the audience should be thinking.

5. Question 2 The stage in an ancient Greek theater was called the:
A. parados
B. ode
C. orchestra
D. skene

6. The Answer: C The Orchestra
Question 2
The Answer: C
The Orchestra

7. Question 3 How many actors performed on stage in Classical Dramas?
B. 3
C. 4 or 5
D. as many as needed

8. Question 3
The Answer: B 3

9. Question 4
Greek theater was invented during festivals honoring which god?
A. Aphrodite
B. Zeus
C. Persephone
D. Dionysus

10. The answer is D: Dionysus
Question 4
The answer is D:
Dionysus

11. Question 5
What could the Choragus do that the other Chorus members couldn’t?
A. wear a mask
B. not wear a mask
C. sing
D. speak with the actors

12. The answer: D Speak with the other actors
Question 5
The answer: D
Speak with the other actors

13. Question 6 A tragedy tells the story of
The downfall of a dignified, superior character
Star-crossed lovers
Deaths and suicides
Events leading up to a final battle

14. The answer: A The downfall of a dignified, superior character
Question 6
The answer: A
The downfall of a dignified, superior character

15. Question 7 Who wrote Antigone? Antigone’s granddaughter Aristotle
Sophocles
Socrates

16. The Answer: C- Sophocles
Question 7
The Answer:
C- Sophocles

17. Question 8 Antigone’s father, Oedipus, is famous for:
Killing his father and marrying his mother
Killing his father and marrying his sister
Wearing sequined togas
Killing his parents and taking over the kingdom

18. Answer: a Killing his father and marrying his mother
Question 8
Answer: a
Killing his father and marrying his mother

19. Question 9 Creon thinks that above all, a good ruler must be: Wise
Careful in his decision- making
Strong
Well educated

20. Question 9
Answer- C
Strong

21. Question 10 Creon forbids the burying of Polyneices because:
He wants to get back at Antigone
It is against the gods’ laws
Polyneices’ army invaded Thebes
It is against the law to bury men who died in battle

22. The Answer: C Polyneices’ army invaded Thebes
Question 10
The Answer: C
Polyneices’ army invaded Thebes

23. Question 11
One thing that Antigone and Creon have in common is that they are both:
Very religious
Inbred
Powerful in the community
stubborn

24. Question 11
The Answer: D Stubborn

25. Question 12 Ismene refuses to help Antigone because she is:
Afraid of Creon
Afraid of dead bodies
Already doing something that day
Still angry with Polyneices

26. Answer: A Afraid of Creon
Question 12
Answer: A
Afraid of Creon

27. Question 13
Creon suspects both the sentry and Tiresias of what offense?
Accepting bribes
Being anarchists
Burying Polyneices
None of the above

28. The answer: A Accepting bribes
Question 13
The answer: A
Accepting bribes

29. Question 14 Creon orders Antigone to be locked in a vault because:
He could hide her whereabouts from Haemon
There had already been too much bloodshed in Thebes
He could feel less responsible for her death
She would have time to think about what she had done.

30. Answer: c He would feel less responsible for her death
Question 14
Answer: c
He would feel less responsible for her death

31. Question 15 Creon’s greatest fear is: War Angering the gods
Losing his family
anarchy

32. Question 15
Answer: d
anarchy

33. Question 16
Haemon uses which metaphor to explain to Creon why he should not be so stubborn?
A tree that is swept up in a flood
A mother bird in its nest
Birds and dogs eating Polyneices’ body
A wild horse that struggles against a horseman

34. Answer: a A tree that is swept up in a flood
Question 16
Answer: a
A tree that is swept up in a flood

35. Question 17 Creon’s punishment for killing Antigone is that:
a. He goes insane and blinds himself
b. His some and wife kill themselves
c. Antigone’s ghost still haunts him
d. He is struck by lightening

36. Answer: B His son and wife kill themselves.
Question 17
Answer: B
His son and wife kill themselves.

37. Question 18 Dramatic irony occurs in Antigone when:
Antigone tells Ismene about Creon’s new law
Creon finds out that Polyneices has been buried
Haemon finds Antigone’s body in the vault
Eurydice learns of Haemon’s death

38. Answer: B Creon finds out that Polyneices has been buried
Question 18
Answer: B
Creon finds out that Polyneices has been buried

39. Question 19 A tragic hero in Antigone is: Haemon Eurydice Creon
Tiresias

40. Question 19
Answer: C
Creon

41. Question 20
The tragic hero’s flaw is”
Greed
Pride
Anarchy
jealousy

42. Answer: b Pride Also known as “hubris”
Question 20
Answer: b
Pride
Also known as “hubris”

43. Question 21 The catastrophe of the play occurs when:
The oracle predicts disaster
Eteocles and Polyneices kill each other
Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice kill themselves
Creon repents for his pride

44. Answer: c Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice kill themselves
Question 21
Answer: c
Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice kill themselves

45. Question 22 All of the following are themes of Antigone, EXCEPT:
Stubborness and pride lead to downfall
Religious laws are more important than civil laws
Love is stronger than death
A great leader should be able to admit when he is wrong.

46. Answer: c Love is stronger than death
Question 22
Answer: c
Love is stronger than death

47. Question 23
Who says the following line? “The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh. . .”
Creon
Antigone
Teiresias
Haemon

48. Question 23
Answer: c
Tiresias

49. Question 24
Who says the following line? “Think about how much more terrible. . . Our own death would be if we should go against Creon and do what is forbidden?”
Antigone
Haemon
Sentry
Ismene

50. Question 24
Answer: d
Ismene

51. Question 25
Who says the following line? “If I am young and right, what does my age matter?”
Haemon
Creon
Ismene
Antigone

52. Question 25
Answer: a
Haemon

53. Question 26
Who says the following line? “I have been a stranger here in my own land: all my life, the blasphemy of my birth has followed me.”
Creon
Haemon
Antigone
Ismene

54. Question 26
Answer: c
Antigone

55. Question 27
Who says the following line? “If we must lose, let’s lose to a man, at least. Is a woman stronger than we?”
Sentry
Haemon
Creon
Tiresias

56. Question 27
Answer: c
Creon

57. Question 28
Who says the following line? “We threw the dice, and the bad luck fell to me. SO here I am Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.”
Haemon
Teiresias
Ismene
Sentry

58. Question 28
Answer: d
Sentry

59. Question 29
Who says the following line? “There is no happiness But in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, and proud men in old age learn to be wise.”
Creon
Choragus
Antigone
Tiresias

60. Question 29
Answer: b
Choragus

61. Question 30 At the end of the play, Creon is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

62. Question 30
Answer: a
Alive

63. Question 31 At the end of the play, Antigone is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

64. Answer: b Dead by suicide
Question 31
Answer: b
Dead by suicide

65. Question 32 At the end of the play, Ismene is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

66. Question 32
Answer: a
alive

67. Question 33 At the end of the play, Haemon is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

68. Answer: b Dead by suicide
Question 33
Answer: b
Dead by suicide

69. Question 34 At the end of the play, Eurydice is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

70. Answer: b Dead by suicide
Question 34
Answer: b
Dead by suicide

71. Question 35 At the end of the play, Eteocles is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

72. Answer: d Dead in battle
Question 35
Answer: d
Dead in battle

73. Question 36 At the end of the play, Tiresias is: Alive Dead by suicide
Dead by murder
Dead in battle

74. Question 36
Answer: a
alive

75. Question 37 Tragic heroes are Born into nobility
Responsible for their own fate and are doomed to make a serious error in judgement
Endowed with a tragic flaw
All of the above.

76. Answer: d All of the above
Question 37
Answer: d
All of the above

77. Question 38 Eventually, tragic heroes
Fall from great heights or from high esteem
Realize that they have made an irreversible mistake
Are killed by one of the gods
Both a and b

78. Question 38
Answer: d
Both a and b

79. Question 39
If you were a witness to something auspicious, you would feel. . .
Disappointment
Concern
Hope
relief

80. Question 39
Answer: c
hope

81. Question 40
Which of the following would be considered a transgression?
Obeying curfew
Getting a 100% on this test
Forgetting your lunch at home
Not doing your chores

82. Question 40
Answer: D
Not doing your chores