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Antigone

Jean Anouilh

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Study Guide

Summary
- Summary & Analysis
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- Part V
- Part VI
- Part VII
- Part VIII
- Full Book
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Characters
Literary Devices
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Part I Quiz

Quizzes Part I Quiz

1 of 5
What does the Chorus reveal about Antigone as the play begins?

She will become beautiful.
She hates Haemon.
She is going to die.
She wants to be a romantic heroine.

2 of 5
What would one expect about Haemon, according to the Chorus?

That he proposed to Ismene instead of Antigone
That he defied his father's wishes regularly
That he seduced Antigone as a joke
That he did not want to inherit the throne

3 of 5
What did Creon do before he was forced to rule?

He was a spice merchant.
He was a wine trader.
He was a mining investor.
He was an art patron.

4 of 5
How did Creon become king?

Oedipus named him next in line just before he died.
Oedipus's sons killed each other in a fight for the throne.
Creon helped Polynices kill Eteocles, then killed Polynices.
Creon led a popular uprising against Eteocles and Polynices.

5 of 5
What does Antigone convince the Nurse that she was out doing?

Meeting a lover
Praying to the gods
Walking with Haemon
Burying Polynices

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