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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound is heard in the background at the start of Scene One?
(a) The guards yelling.
(b) Sirens.
(c) Prisoners banging on cell walls.
(d) Doors being locked.

2. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?
(a) 15 years to life.
(b) Life, not death.
(c) Only 3 months.
(d) Life with the possibility of parole.

3. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?
(a) Polynices.
(b) Eteocles.
(c) Creon.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does Winston yell out after John stops him from banging on the cell door in Scene One?
(a) Get me out of here!
(b) Hodoshe!
(c) I will kill you!
(d) I am innocent!

5. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?
(a) St. George’s Strand.
(b) Robben Island.
(c) St. George’s Beach.
(d) Robben’s Beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John worry about the noise Winston makes in their cell in Scene One?

2. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?

3. What does Winston say in regards to Antigone’s plea in Scene One?

4. What does John collect nails for in Scene One?

5. Where does John get injured after being beat up in Scene One?

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