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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
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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
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Further Study
Part I Quiz
Further Study
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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