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Green for 100
Which character is not given full military honors/proper
burial?
Green for 100
Polyneices
Green for 200
Which character is the leader of the chorus and why?
Green for 200
Choragos because they are the wisest
Green for 300
How does the Sentry feel when he has to turn over Antigone?
Green for 300
RELIEVED BECAUSE HE WILL AVOID PUNISHMENT
Green for 400
Why doesn’t Creon accept Haimon’s appeal for Antigone’s life?
Green for 400
He thinks Haimon is too young and foolish.
Green for 500
What does Teiresias hear while sitting in his chair of augury?
Green for 500
Birds fighting – this is a bad omen
Green for 600
Who is the conflict between in the Prologue?
Green for 600
Ismene and Antigone
Red for 100
What does Haimon do just before killing himself?
Red for 100
HE ATTEMPTS TO KILL HIS FATHER
Red for 200
In the end, whom does Creon blame for the death of Haimon?
Red for 200
himself
Red for 300
Why does Oedipus gouge his eyes out?
Red for 300
He felt he was blind in thinking he could escape his fate.
Red for 400
On what does Antigone blame her untimely death?
Red for 400
THE CURSE OF OEDIPUS—curse of incestuous relationship between
Oedipus and Jocasta
Red for 500
Who does Creon say is to blame for Antigone’s death if she dies in the
vault?
Red for 500
The gods.
Red for 600
Why does Eurydice kill herself?
Red for 600
Both her sons are dead—one in the war the other, Haimon,
by his own hand
Yellow for 100
Who are the two opposing forces in the main conflict of the play?
Yellow for 100
Creon and Antigone
Yellow for 200
Whose law does Antigone follow?
Yellow for 200
Laws of the Gods
Yellow for 300
What emotions does Haimon experience in his encounter with his father in scene 3?
Yellow for 300
He begins as an obedient son and progresses to anger and
defiance
Yellow for 400
What is the role of the Choragos in the play?
Yellow for 400
They are the voice of reason
OR
They are the voice of the people
Yellow for 500
Whose laws does Creon follow?
Yellow for 500
His own
Yellow for 600
What was the riddle that plagued the city of Thebes?
Yellow for 600
The Riddle of Man…
Blue for 100
How does Antigone feel about Ismene over the course of the
prologue? (2 emotions)
Blue for 100
Affection then anger, resentment
Blue for 200
Why does Creon believe that Polyneices should not be buried?
Blue for 200
He is a traitor to his family and city.
Blue for 300
What is unusual about Polyneice’s initial “burial” in scene 1?
Blue for 300
Light dust covers the body and sprinkling of wine;
enough to appease the gods, but not a full burial.
Blue for 400
What TWO crimes does Creon accuse Antigone of committing?
Blue for 400
Breaking the law and boasting of it
Blue for 500
What does Antigone hope will happen to Creon?
Blue for 500
He will have a punishment equal to her own
Blue for 600
What did Tiresias predict would happen before our play
Antigone?
Blue for 600
He predicted Oedipus’ downfall and his other predictions have been
accurate.
Orange for 100
“You shall not lessen my death by sharing it”
Orange for 100
Antigone to Ismene
Orange for 200
“Her death will cause another.”
Haimon to Creon
Orange for 200
Orange for 300
“Fate has brought all my pride to a
thought of dust…
Orange for 300
Creon to Choragos
Orange for 400
“Unspeakable, horror of son and mother mingling: their crime, infection of all our
family!”
Orange for 400
Antigone
Orange for 500
“But I cannot remember that he was ever false.”
Orange for 500
Choragos to Creon
Orange for 600
“There is no happiness where there is no wisdom”
Orange for 600
Choragos to Creon