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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) Sirens.
(b) Doors being locked.
(c) The guards yelling.
(d) Prisoners banging on cell walls.

2. 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) I will kill you!
(c) Hodoshe!
(d) I am innocent!

3. 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’s Beach.
(c) St. George’s Beach.
(d) Robben Island.

4. What feeling did John have while shoveling sand, which Winston said was exactly what Hodoshe wanted?
(a) Hunger.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Hatred for Winston.
(d) Peace.

5. Who are the two prisoners revealed in the start of Scene One?
(a) John and William.
(b) Jack and Warren.
(c) James and Winston.
(d) John and Winston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose does Antigone bury in the play John and Winston are to perform?

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

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

4. Winston says he wants Hodoshe to read his warrant so he can see Winston was sentenced to what?

5. Who is the accused party in the play they are preparing for in Scene One?

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