Midterm

Question 1

Jur

Answer 1

to swear to vow

Question 2

domin

Answer 2

to rule, to dominate

Question 3

leg

Answer 3

law

Question 4

crat/crac

Answer 4

to rule, power

Question 5

vor

Answer 5

to eat

Question 6

cad/cas

Answer 6

to fall

Question 7

rap

Answer 7

to snatch, greedy and devouring

Question 8

cep

Answer 8

seize, take

Question 9

flu

Answer 9

to flow

Question 10

lev

Answer 10

light

Question 11

laps

Answer 11

slip, slide

Question 12

ced

Answer 12

to move along, to go

Question 13

sequi/sec

Answer 13

to follow

Question 14

cur/cour

Answer 14

to run

Question 15

grad

Answer 15

to step

Question 16

Ambl/ambul

Answer 16

to walk

Question 17

Tragedy

Answer 17

a drama that tells the story of a person of high status (ends with death)

Question 18

Tragic hero

Answer 18

a character who possesses noble qualities, but who also has a tragic flaw

Question 19

tragic flaw

Answer 19

a flaw that brings about the fall of the tragic hero

Question 20

chorus

Answer 20

narrator; talks to the audience

Question 21

choragus

Answer 21

leader of chorus

Question 22

crisis

Answer 22

turning point

Question 23

catastrophe

Answer 23

event that marks the ultimate tragic flaw of the main character

Question 24

Dionysus

Answer 24

god of wine, theater

Question 25

comedy

Answer 25

story that has a happy ending

Question 26

hamartia

Answer 26

pride

Question 27

Antigone

Answer 27

stubborn, buried Polyneices, dies at the end

Question 28

Creon

Answer 28

prideful king, paranoid everyone is being bribed, declares Polyneices cannot be buried

Question 29

Polyneices

Answer 29

Antigone’s brother, traitor to the state, not aloud to be buried

Question 30

Eteocles

Answer 30

Antigone’s older brother, rightful heir, defended Thebes, aloud to be buried

Question 31

Haimon

Answer 31

Creon’s son, Antigone’s fiancé, suicide because he blames Creon for Antigone’s death.

Question 32

Ismene

Answer 32

Antigone’s sister, doesn’t help Antigone but tries to take credit

Question 33

Eurydice

Answer 33

Creon’s wife, commits suicide because both of her sons are dead, blames Creon

Question 34

Tiresias

Answer 34

Prophet, blind, old, tells Creon to forgive Antigone and to stop what he’s doing because the gods are getting mad.

Question 35

sentry

Answer 35

messenger who was scared to tell Creon his message about what Antigone did.

Question 36

What goes in a header

Answer 36

your name, and the page number

Question 37

what goes in a heading

Answer 37

your name, teachers name, class, date

Question 38

where does the page # go and what goes with it

Answer 38

in the header in the top right corner with your name/last name.