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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antigone do when she is confronted in Part 2?
(a) Falls to the floor weeping.
(b) Openly admits where she was.
(c) Denies all accusations.
(d) Hints that the person who confonted her is correct.

2. In Part 2, what does the person who confronts Antigone say in response to Antigone's reply about where she had been?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) That Antigone's mother would be disappointed if she were still alive.
(c) That Antigone was raised carefully.
(d) That Antigone is different from her sister.

3. What is Antigone's nickname for the Nurse?
(a) Her "second mother."
(b) Her "dearest, darling Nurse."
(c) She doesn't have one.
(d) Her "sweet red apple."

4. What does Ismene try to do when Antigone wants to discuss her plan in Part 2?
(a) Convince Antigone that running away will solve nothing.
(b) Tell Antigone that she will help.
(c) Talk Antigone into getting someone else to do it.
(d) Talk Antigone out of it.

5. In Part 4, how deeply was Polynices's body buried?
(a) A dusting of earth was placed over him.
(b) Six feet deep.
(c) Just enough to keep the vultures away.
(d) Just his feet and legs were buried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument was used to throw earth on Polynices's body in Part 4?

2. Antigone says the Nurse is stronger than what in Part 2?

3. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?

4. In Part 4, what does Creon do in response to the guards telling him what Antigone has done?

5. In Part 2, Ismene tells Antigone that she is what?

(see the answer key)

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