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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?
(a) Nightmares.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Fever.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

2. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?
(a) Demands that he take off his shoes.
(b) Gives him a lecture about Antigone's purity.
(c) Departs.
(d) Stares at him angrily.

3. What is the punishment for not following the king's orders about Polynices's body?
(a) Exile.
(b) A heavy fine and incarceration.
(c) Execution.
(d) Hard labor.

4. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?
(a) The Page Boy.
(b) The Fiance.
(c) The Ignominious One.
(d) The Messenger.

5. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?
(a) Her mother's cross.
(b) Her sister's love.
(c) Her lucky charm.
(d) The Nurse's hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Eteocles's body in Part 1?

2. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?

3. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

4. What is the Nurse doing when she is introduced?

5. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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