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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) That Antigone was raised carefully.
(c) That Antigone's mother would be disappointed if she were still alive.
(d) That Antigone is different from her sister.

2. What is the Nurse doing when she is introduced?
(a) Scrubbing the nursery.
(b) Preparing the medicine tray.
(c) Winding wool.
(d) Dancing merrily.

3. When Antigone is brought in by the guards, what does she call herself in Part 4?
(a) A seeker of truth.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A seeker of justice.
(d) A daughter of Oedipus.

4. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?
(a) They would go to war against Macedonia.
(b) They would rule in alternate years.
(c) Eteocles would be named king.
(d) Polynices would be named king.

5. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?
(a) Change their assignment.
(b) Fire them.
(c) Have them executed on the spot.
(d) Punish them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antigone send to get coffee in Part 2?

2. What does Antigone make Haemon promise in Part 3?

3. In Part 2, what is one of the things Antigone says her family told her not to do?

4. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?

5. What does the Chorus say the only thing left to do at the end of a tragedy is?

(see the answer key)

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