ANTIGONE UNIT TEST REVIEW #1- PRACTICE ROUND! #2- PRACTICE ROUND! #3- LET S START FOR REALS 12/12/2014

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1 ANTIGONE UNIT TEST REVIEW #1- PRACTICE ROUND! At the top of the piece of paper, write YOUR NAME and the seat number you are sitting in. We will be reviewing for the Antigone Final Exam. This review is called Around the World. If you answer the question correctly, you will move to the next open space. If you answer the question incorrectly, you will stay seated. We will do a practice for Round #1 and #2. Antigone is a. a short story b. a play c. a novel d. a textbook Do not move to seat # s #2- PRACTICE ROUND! #3- LET S START FOR REALS Antigone is a. a female character b. a male character Who is the protagonist of Antigone? a. Choragos b. Creon c. Antigone 1

2 #4- LET S START FOR REALS Who wrote Antigone? a. Sophocles b. Socrates c. Aristotle #5- LET S START FOR REALS Greek Theater was invented during festivals honoring which god? a. Dionysus b. Zeus c. Aphrodite #6- LET S START FOR REALS The stage in an ancient Greek theater was called the #7- LET S START FOR REALS A tragedy tells the story of a. parodos b. orchestra a. the downfall of a dignified, superior character b. deaths and suicides 2

3 #8- LET S START FOR REALS Antigone s father, Oedipus, is famous for #9- LET S START FOR REALS Creon is the ruler of a. killing his father and marrying his sister b. killing his father and marrying his mother a. Sicily b. Thebes #10- LET S START FOR REALS What is the chorus purpose in Greek Theater? #11- LET S START FOR REALS Creon believes that a good ruler must be a. to sing and chant b. to sum up the action after every scene c. to say out loud what the audience should be thinking d. all of the above a. well-educated b. strong 3

4 #12- LET S START FOR REALS Why does Creon forbid the burying of Polynieces? #13- LET S START FOR REALS How many actors perform on stage in classical dramas? a. it is against the law to bury men who die in battle b. Polyniece s army invaded Thebes a. as many as needed b. 3 #14- LET S START FOR REALS Ismene is #15- LET S START FOR REALS How did the choragos differ from the other chorus members? a. Antigone s sister b. Polyniece s sister c. Creon s niece d. all of the above a. they could sing b. they could speak with the actors c. they wore masks 4

5 #16- LET S START FOR REALS Initially, Creon thinks Polyniece s burial is the work of #17- LET S START FOR REALS Initially, the Chorus thinks Polyniece s burial is the work of a. Antigone b. anarchists c. the gods a. Antigone b. anarchists c. the gods #18- LET S START FOR REALS The chorus in Antigone represents #19- LET S START FOR REALS Creon s greatest fear is a. elders of Thebes b. voice of Zeus a. angering the gods b. anarchy 5

6 #20- LET S START FOR REALS #21- LET S START FOR REALS Haemon is a. Creon s son b. Ismene s husband Haemon uses which metaphor to explain why Creon should not be so stubborn. a. a mother bird in its nest b. a tree that is swept up in a flood #22- LET S START FOR REALS What is dramatic irony? #23- LET S START FOR REALS Who is the tragic hero of Antigone? a. the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters. a. Eurydice b. Creon b. comparison using like or as. 6

7 #24- LET S START FOR REALS What is Creon s tragic flaw? #25- LET S START FOR REALS What is the catastrophe of the play? a. greed b. jealousy c. pride a. oracle predicts disaster b. Creon repents of his pride c. Haemon, Antigone, and Eurydice kill themselves #26- LET S START FOR REALS What would be considered the theme of the play? a. love is stronger than death b. religious laws are more important than civil laws #27- LET S START FOR REALS Who says, The time is not far off when you shall pay back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh? a. Chorus b. Teiresias 7

8 #28- LET S START FOR REALS Who says, If we must lose, let s lose to a man, at least. Is a woman stronger than we? a. Creon b. Haemon #29- LET S START FOR REALS At the end of the play, Creon is a. dead by suicide b. alive #29- LET S START FOR REALS At the end of the play, Eteocles is #30- LET S START FOR REALS Defile means a. dead by suicide b. dead in battle a. stained b. losing something 8

9 #31- LET S START FOR REALS Transgression means #32- LET S START FOR REALS Who would deliver an edict? a. an act that goes against a law or rule b. a rule or law a. someone running for president b. king #33- LET S START FOR REALS Lamentation means #34- LET S START FOR REALS Auspicious means a. expression of grief or sorrow b. to be joyful or happy a. disappointing b. conducive to success, favorable 9

10 #35- LET S START FOR REALS Lithe means a. graceful b. wordy 10

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