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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is playing cards in Part 1?
(a) The Messenger.
(b) The King.
(c) Antigone.
(d) Three soldiers.

2. How is Antigone described in Part 1?
(a) An angel.
(b) A bright, blond woman.
(c) A dark, thin girl.
(d) An uncommonly beautiful creature.

3. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?
(a) Her "dearest, darling Nurse."
(b) She doesn't have one.
(c) Her "second mother."
(d) Her "sweet red apple."

4. Why isn't the boy alone on the side of the stage laughing and talking with the other characters?
(a) He is shy.
(b) His father forbade him to speak to people above his station in life
(c) He is tasked with bringing news of Haemon's death.
(d) He is listening intently to the conversation.

5. After Haemon exits in Part 3, who comes in to talk to Antigone?
(a) Her mother's ghost.
(b) Polynices.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Ismene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?

2. What was Jonas doing when he discovered Antigone covering Polynices's body?

3. What does the person who confronts Antigone do when expressing her frustration?

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

5. In Part 4, who is Jonas?

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