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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the old man, who started singing, which John remembers as being with them the day they met?
(a) Tatu Peter.
(b) Sipho.
(c) Tembo.
(d) Simbo.

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

4. What does John do to try to get Winston to laugh?
(a) He does a silly dance.
(b) He tickles him.
(c) He puts on Antigone’s costume.
(d) He very dramatically says Antigone’s lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Winston receive a wound after being beat up in Scene One?

2. Winston says the sand he wipes from his eyes is the same sand he played with as a child where?

3. Winston tells John that he wants to get tobacco for Sipho, who is in solitary again for what reason?

4. Who is NOT one of the listed authors of The Island?

5. What does John use to try to clean Winston’s wound?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Winston react to how John behaves when he sees him dressed as Antigone?

2. What does John say in regards to the audience potentially laughing at Winston?

3. Why is John frustrated with Winston in regards to the play, Antigone?

4. What happened in Scene Two when John returns to his cell after being called by Hodoshe?

5. What reason does John give Winston for laughing at him when he saw him dressed as Antigone?

6. Describe John and Winston’s cell as described at the start of Scene One.

7. What does Winston resolve to tell John about Antigone when he returns to the cell in Scene Two?

8. What are John and Winston doing on the Island at the start of Scene One?

9. What does John recall about when they approached and arrived at Robben Island?

10. What happens when the whistles sound while John and Winston are on the Island digging?

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