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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nurse bring at the beginning of Part 3?
(a) A gallant friend.
(b) Her knitting.
(c) Coffee and toast.
(d) Ismene.
2. Who is Oedipus?
(a) A man with no destiny.
(b) Creon's father.
(c) King of Thebes.
(d) A lonley old beggar.
3. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?
(a) The bell tolls.
(b) It is her turn to kill herself.
(c) She hears her husband's call.
(d) She finds the socks.
4. What is the final, tragic result of the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices in Part 1?
(a) Their father has them executed.
(b) They are both asassinated.
(c) A plague sweeps through the city, and they both die.
(d) They kill each other.
5. What does the person who confronts Antigone in Part 2 think Antigone was doing?
(a) Visiting her secret sweetheart.
(b) Attending lessons without permission.
(c) Taking a walk without her chaperone.
(d) Painting in the garden.
6. What does Antigone feel like when the person who confronts her gets frustrated in Part 2?
(a) Mean.
(b) A naughty brat.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A cruel sister.
7. What is the name of Antigone's dog?
(a) Huff.
(b) Puff.
(c) Tuft.
(d) Fluff.
8. What happens to Oedipus?
(a) He dies.
(b) He flees the city.
(c) He attends a council meeting.
(d) He kills his sons in a rage.
9. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Think about what he's going to say before he says it.
(c) Kneel at her feet.
(d) Stop crying.
10. In Part 2, Antigone tells the Nurse that she is too _____________ for what she must do.
(a) Tired.
(b) Young.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Smart.
11. What does Ismene say she can't do in Part 3?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Believe that Haemon wants to marry Antigone.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Find the brooch Antigone was asking for.
12. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?
(a) Wouldn't let Antigone in his house.
(b) Asked Antigone to elope with him.
(c) Told Antigone that he didn't love her.
(d) Laughed at Antigone.
13. How is Haemon related to Antigone?
(a) They have no connection.
(b) He is her fiance.
(c) He is her brother.
(d) He is her sister's fiance.
14. What is Antigone carrying in the beginning of Part 2?
(a) Her suitcase.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) A large knife.
(d) The weight of the world.
15. What is Antigone's plan in Part 2?
(a) To elope.
(b) To run away.
(c) To marry the king.
(d) To bury Polynices.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?
2. What is Creon's occupation?
3. Polynices is Ismene's ______________.
4. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?
5. What is the agreement between Eteocles and Polynices?
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