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The Oedipus Plays

Sophocles

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Summary
- Plot Overview
Characters
- Character List
- Oedipus
- Antigone
- Creon
- The Chorus
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
- Key Facts
Quotes
- Important Quotes Explained
- Quotes By Character
- Antigone
- Oedipus
- Creon
- Tiresias
- Jocasta
Further Study
- Context
- Full Book Quiz
- Study Questions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
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Antigone 701-1090 Quiz

Further Study Antigone 701-1090 Quiz

1 of 5
How does Haemon initially reply when Creon asks him about Antigone?

He tells Creon that Antigone must have gone insane.
He remarks that it is typical of a woman to do such a thing.
He says that no woman is as important as his father.
He refuses to believe that Antigone has done anything wrong.

2 of 5
What does Haemon say that the people of Thebes are saying about Antigone?

She should be burned alive.
She is guilty of treason.
She didn't really do it.
She doesn't deserve to die.

3 of 5
What does Creon try to do to Haemon?

Make him watch Antigone's death
Banish him from Thebes for one year
Remove him from the line of succession
Force him to reveal who assisted Antigone

4 of 5
What does Antigone claim her death will be?

Painless
Agonizing
Noble
Cowardly

5 of 5
Whose bodies does Antigone say she would have let go unburied?

Her sister's or her mother"s
Her husband's or her child"s
Her king's or her queen"s
Her father's or her uncle"s

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