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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene Three .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does John give for Winston being unable to perform as King Creon?
(a) He looks more like a woman than John does.
(b) King Creon’s costume will not fit him.
(c) He does not have time to learn the lines.
(d) He does not deserve to play a King.

2. What is John’s child’s name, whom he reminisces about in Scene One?
(a) Martin.
(b) Matthew.
(c) Monty.
(d) Monde.

3. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?
(a) Fighting with his cellmate.
(b) Refusing to work.
(c) Complaining about the food.
(d) Fighting with the guards.

4. What reason does Winston give for not want to play the part of Antigone?
(a) He is a man, not a woman.
(b) He does not agree with Antigone’s actions.
(c) He likes King Creon’s costume better.
(d) He cannot remember Antigone’s lines.

5. Who is Winston dressing up as at the start of Scene Two?
(a) Antigone.
(b) Hodoshe.
(c) Polynices.
(d) Eteocles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Winston react to John’s news in Scene Two?

2. What was John’s original sentence?

3. John says it is okay if the audience laughs at the beginning as long as they do what at the end?

4. What song did the old man sing as the van drove away the day John and Winston met?

5. In what part of the prison does The Island begin?

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