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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Antigone respond to the first thing that Creon asks her in Part 5?
(a) She refuses to answer.
(b) She lies.
(c) She says that she has.
(d) She spits in Creon's face.

2. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?
(a) A voluptuous, ambitious girl.
(b) A dark, thin girl.
(c) A quiet, shy girl.
(d) A happy, laughing girl.

3. What is Ismene doing in Part 1 when she is introduced?
(a) Laughing and chatting with Haemon.
(b) Pretending she is alone.
(c) Asking Creon to accept her as a courtesan.
(d) Lamenting her eventual fate.

4. What was Creon's former occupation?
(a) King of Thebes.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Servant to the king's advisor.
(d) Chief advisor to the king.

5. What does Antigone do in response to Creon's promise in Part 5?
(a) She tells him that she is not hungry.
(b) She tells him that it doesn't matter because she will just do it again.
(c) She turns her back on him.
(d) She begins to cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, why does Antigone ask Creon to kill her in a certain way?

2. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?

3. When Creon's wife is introduced, it is said that she will continue her task until what?

4. In Part 5, how does Creon respond to Antigone's accusation after he explains the reason behind his actions?

5. In Part 3, when Haemon is about to respond to all of Antigone's comments, what does she force him to do?

(see the answer key)

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