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Antigone
Jean Anouilh
Study Guide
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Characters
Character List
Antigone
Creon
The Chorus
The Guards
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
Further Study
Context
Section Quizzes
Analysis of Major Characters
Character List
Context
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Plot Overview
Themes, Motifs, and Symbols
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Study Questions
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Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
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Further Study
Part 1 Quiz
Further Study
Part 1 Quiz
1
of 5
According to the Chorus, why does the audience watch Antigone with little concern?
They identify with Ismene
The Chorus perplexes them
They will not die
They're prepared for tragedy
2
of 5
Before the death of Oedipus and his sons forced him to rule as King of Thebes, Creon was ___.
A knight
A lawyer
An art patron
A gangster
3
of 5
In Part I, what does the Messenger have a premonition of?
Haemon's death
Antigone's death
Antigone's burial of Polynices
Antigone and the Nurse's fight
4
of 5
How do Antigone's brothers die?
They were poisoned
Creon killed them
In an unknown accident
In a duel
5
of 5
When the Nurse accuses her of being gone all night, Antigone says that she was ___.
In her bed
With Ismene
With a lover
Burying Polynices
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