Episode 032 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 32: Trees Bending to the Torrent. See what you remember about Sophocles’ Antigone and the philosophical climate of Athens in the mid-400s BCE by clicking “START” below!
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Which of the following schools of ancient Greek philosophy have survived in greatest bulk in manuscripts due to Christian copyists finding it similar to Christianity?
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When interacting with his father in the play Antigone, the character Haemon:
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This 5th-century BCE Athenian philosophical school was interested in subjectivity, relativism, and using rhetoric to argue for and against the same points.
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This philosopher famously stated that “Man is the measure of all things,” meaning that human subjectivity colors all of our experiences and prevents us from apprehending any essential truths.
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At the opening of Antigone, the title character reveals her plan to bury her dead brother against the wishes of the King of Thebes. How does Antigone’s sister Ismene respond?
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In a moment of intense dramatic irony, this character tells Antigone, “The over-obstinate spirit / Is soonest broken; as the strongest iron will snap / If over-tempered in the fire to brittleness.”
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Antigone’s fiance is named:
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Over the course of the play, Creon reveals himself as increasingly:
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Most of the way through the play Antigone, this elderly character warns Creon, “You stand on a razor’s edge.”
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Notwithstanding their differences, what quality do Antigone and Creon definitely share?
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