Question

Here are answers to the antigone assessment for k12 students

Answer 1

Which word describes Antigone's attitude as she faces death?

A.
defiant

B.
frightened

C.
regretful

D.
joyful


its A

Answer 2

What is the function of the sentry in Scene I of the play?

A.
to accept punishment for delivering bad news

B.
to challenge the king's authority

C.
to praise Antigone's actions

D.
to report events that happen away from the stage

D

Answer 3

What belief causes Creon to decide at last that his decree about Polyneices's burial is against the gods' will?

A.
Teiresias has been bribed to deliver a tragic prophecy.

B.
Teiresias's prophecies have proved true in the past.

C.
Teiresias only reports what the boy claims to have seen.

D.
Teiresias's anger is a sign that he speaks out of jealousy.



B

Answer 4

What is the role of the Choragos in the play?

A.
to speak to other characters as a representative of the Chorus

B.
to lead the other members of the Chorus through the dance

C.
to provide a perspective that contrasts the Chorus's comments

D.
to address the audience members directly on behalf of the Chorus


A

Answer 5

What conflict troubles Haimon as he confronts Creon?

A.
drive for power versus fear of judgment

B.
devotion to reason versus duty to father

C.
desire to serve the gods versus desire to serve the state

D.
love of Antigone versus desire for a good reputation

B

Answer 6

Read the lines from Ode II:

". . . damnation rises behind each child
Like a wave cresting out of the black northeast,
When the long darkness under sea roars up
And burst drumming death upon the windwhipped sand."

What truth about Antigone and her siblings does the imagery of these lines convey?

A.
They are doomed to die during a storm at sea, yet they must travel by sea.

B.
Creon's task is to carry out the will of the gods against them.

C.
Fate has cursed them along with their whole family, and they cannot escape.

D.
Oedipus's death has led to argument and strife among his children.


C

Answer 7

Why doesn't Polyneices receive an honorable burial?

A.
It would go against the will of the gods.

B.
It would go against the wishes of the Thebans.

C.
It would go against the desires of the king.

D.
It would go against the loyalty of the soldiers.

C

Answer 8

Why does Teiresias come to see Creon?

A.
to punish the king for breaking the law

B.
to warn the king to reverse his decisions

C.
to discuss the curse on the house of Oedipus

D.
to explain how he receives messages from the gods




B

Answer 9

n ancient Greek drama, what is a catharsis?

A.
a group of actors who comment on the action of the play

B.
a speech that explains events that happened before the action of the play

C.
a cleansing of negative urges and emotions

D.
an altar on stage where sacrifices to the gods are made



C

Answer 10

In what way is Ismene a character foil to Antigone?

A.
Ismene's sorrow highlights Antigone's optimistic nature.

B.
Ismene's fearfulness highlights Antigone's boldness.

C.
Ismene's wisdom highlights Antigone's foolishness.

D.
Ismene's compassion highlights Antigone's unloving nature.



B

Answer 11

What causes the sentry to return to Creon rather than following his plan to flee?

A.
He takes the advice of the Chorus to listen to reason.

B.
He receives an omen from the gods telling him to return.

C.
He discovers the criminal and takes her into custody.

D.
He agrees that Polyneices's body should be properly buried.


C

Answer 12

What event marks the climax of the play?

A.
Eurydice's reaction to the messenger's news

B.
the death of Haimon

C.
Ismene's pardoning

D.
the discovery of the dead Antigone



B

Answer 13

Read the lines spoken by the messenger:

"Fate raises up,
And Fate casts down the happy and the unhappy alike."

How does Sophocles use figurative language in these lines?

A.
He describes Fate as fickle.

B.
He addresses Fate as if it can reply.

C.
He personifies Fate as a powerful person.

D.
He compares Fate to a wheel in motion.


C

Answer 14

Which word best describes the sentry as he describes the dust storm?

A.
awed

B.
confused

C.
irritated

D.
wise

A

Answer 15

Eurydice enters the play's action only at its end. Why does Sophocles include her death?

A.
to convey the family members' love for each other

B.
to clarify the events that led to Haimon's death

C.
to create sympathy in the audience for a mother's sorrow

D.
to suggest how severely those who disobey the gods will be punished



D

Answer 16

What is the function of the many allusions to Oedipus in the play?

A.
to explain the forces at work in Antigone's life

B.
to suggest that Oedipus was a better king than Creon is

C.
to cause the audience to pity and fear Oedipus

D.
to show that Creon belongs to the house of Oedipus

A

Answer 17

What is the result of Creon's edict?

A.
the fall of Thebes

B.
the loss of what matters to him

C.
the downfall of Ismene and Eteocles

D.
a civil uprising



B

Answer 18

Which line from the last part of the play best captures the play's resolution?

A.
Creon says, "Let death come quickly, and be kind to me.

B.
Creon says, "Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing."

C.
The messenger says, "her last breath / Was a curse for their father, the murderer of her sons."

D.
The Choragos says, "Big words are always punished, / And proud men in old age learn to be wise."


D

Answer 19

What theme is expressed in the Choragos's final words in the play?

A.
Divine law is stronger than human law.

B.
Individual freedom matters more than civic union.

C.
People suffer punishment no matter what choices they make.

D.
The gods do not punish those who act according to their own conscience.



A