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Review for Antigone Final Test

This review provides a comprehensive study guide for the final test on Antigone. It includes character matching, multiple choice, short answer questions, vocabulary, and an open-ended response. Important characters and possible questions are provided, along with a list of vocabulary words. The open-ended response explores themes in the play.

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Review for Antigone Final Test

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  1. Review for Antigone Final Test

  2. The Test • Character Matching (8-10 questions) • Multiple Choice (5-10 questions) • Short Answer (5 questions, 2 pts. each) • Vocabulary (10 words) • Open-Ended Response (1 paragraph) 45 total points (STUDY)

  3. Important Characters • Haimon • Antigone • Eurydice • Creon • Teiresias • Choragos • Niobe • Oedipus

  4. Possible Questions • Is Haimon in complete agreement with his father’s decision to execute Antigone? Explain. • Why is Creon intent on harshly punishing, even his own family members, all those who break the law? • What does Haimon tell King Creon about the people of Thebes’ allegiance to him?

  5. Possible Questions (cont.) • To who’s fate does Antigone compare her own? • Who does Antigone blame for her terrible misfortune? • What does the blind prophet claim happens that bothers him (2 things)? • What does the blind prophet claim MUST be done to repair the evil against the gods?

  6. Possible Questions (cont.) • What advice does the Choragos give Creon once the blind prophet leaves? • Who does the messenger in the last scene claim is “a walking dead man”? • What were Creon and the messenger doing when they prayed to Hecate and Pluto? • What did King Creon and the messenger do as soon as they finished their tasks regarding Polyneices?

  7. Possible Questions (cont.) • What does Creon see when he looks into the tomb at the end? • Explain how the following people die • Antigone • Haimon • Eurydice • Why does Sophocles not have Creon die at the end of the play?

  8. Vocabulary: Possible Words • Astray tormented • Subordinate blasphemy • Vigil transgress • Vile augury • Wretched entrails • Lamentation glut • Brazen citadel • Gale barrow

  9. Open-Ended Response • Theme-related: what is the point of the play? • Consider the characters Antigone and Creon and what we’re supposed to learn from them. • Standing up for what you believe in. • Your fate is predetermined. • Power can corrupt and blind people to truth and reason. • Family loyalty is more important than any authority.

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