Antigone/Aristotle

5 Written Questions

1. Oedipus is given Jacasta's hand in marriage (Oedipus' mother)
2. Jacasta hangs herself, Oedipus gauges his eyeballs and wanders road until death
3. Uncle and Great Uncle, King, Eteocles full burial (defended city), Polynices left out (attacked city)
4. 1st literacy critic; what makes great literature?
5. get riddle wrong the sphynx will eat you; "what walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs in the afternoon, and 3 legs in the evening?"-MAN

5 Matching Questions

1. 3rd prophecy:
2. Road Rage
3. Oedipus Cycle:
4. drama has its origin in ritual
5. Oedipus and Jacasta have _ kids:

1. a 1.Oedipus Rex 2.Oedipus Colonnus 3.Antigone
2. b find Laius's killer
3. c (ritual to gods)
4. d King Laius and Oedipus at same crossroad, Oedipus kills Laius (Oedipus' father)
5. e 4; Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, Ismene

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 496-406BC (Ancient Greece)
   1. Eteocles and Polynices
   2. Sophocles plays:
   3. Sophocles time period
   4. Oracle of delphi is:
2. Oedipus runs away from home to Thebes
   1. Result of 2nd prophecy:
   2. 2nd prophecy:
   3. Result of 3rd prophecy:
   4. Result of 1st prophecy:
3. Oedipus will bring the downfall of Thebes
   1. 2nd prophecy:
   2. 1st prophecy:
   3. Result of 1st prophecy:
   4. 3rd prophecy:
4. fear and pity; misfortune of someone like ourselves/unmerited misfortune (not deserved)
   1. SPA:
   2. Sphynx
   3. Creon
   4. plot
5. word choice
   1. Creon
   2. plot
   3. Antigone
   4. diction

5 True/False Questions

1. Antigone → word choice

   True        False

2. spectacle → special effects

   True        False

3. Sophocles plays: → 1st literacy critic; what makes great literature?

   True        False

4. Oracle of delphi is: → "fortune teller"

   True        False

5. Aristotle's poetics were: → "on comedy" and "on tragedy"

   True        False