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Antigone
Jean Anouilh
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 Quotations 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
Suggestions for Further Reading
Writing Help
How to Write Literary Analysis
Suggested Essay Topics
How to Cite This SparkNote
Further study
Part I Quiz
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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