The Island, by Athol Fugard Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who are Scott and Sky? (from Scene One, Pages 203 – 206)

Fellow inmates.

People with whom Winston has an imaginary telephone conversation.

Hodoshe’s assistant guards.

People with whom John has an imaginary telephone conversation?

2.

Who is Creon? (from Scene Four, Pages 223 – 224)

The embodiment of the State in the play Antigone, against which the princess Antigone rebelled.

Antigone's traitor brother.

The embodiment of the people in the play Antigone, against which the princess Antigone rebelled.

Antigone's royal father.

3.

Why is John counting with his fingers? (from Scene Three, Pages 217 – 222)

He is counting the ways Winston has angered him.

He is counting the days until he is free.

He is counting the ways that Hodoshe has hurt him.

He is counting the hours until the performance of Antigone.

4.

What actions blur the lines between performer and character in the final moments of the presentation of Antigone? (from Scene Four, Pages 224 - 227)

Hodoshe speaks up from the audience, and engages in a dialogue with Antigone (Winston).

John becomes incapacitated, and Winston ends up speaking both Antigone's lines and Creon's.

Winston rips off his wig and seems to be speaking at least partly in his own voice, not just the voice of Antigone.

John rips off his wig and seems to be speaking at least partly in his own voice, not just the voice of Creon.

5.

What is the essential core of Antigone’s (Winston/s) argument in opposition to Creon? (from Scene Four, Pages 224 - 227)

That she should not be punished because she is a princess.

That she has a greater duty to the laws of God than to the laws of the State.

That she made a mistake, and buried the wrong warrior.

That she has a greater duty to the laws of the State God than to her brother's memory.

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