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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Haemon enters, what does the Nurse do?
(a) Demands that he take off his shoes.
(b) Departs.
(c) Gives him a lecture about Antigone's purity.
(d) Stares at him angrily.

2. What does Creon tell the Chorus about Antigone in Part 6?
(a) She is an unrepentant fool.
(b) She was born to die this way.
(c) She is a threat to his authority.
(d) She is only fulfilling her ultimate destiny.

3. What does Jonas say in response to Creon's accusations in Part 4?
(a) He reminds Creon of his good record.
(b) He cowers in terror, saying nothing.
(c) He tells Creon that he is not guilty of deserting his post.
(d) He blames everything on the other guards.

4. What does Antigone say wards off evil in Part 2?
(a) Her mother's cross.
(b) Her sister's love.
(c) The Nurse's hands.
(d) Her lucky charm.

5. Antigone asks how she will be executed. What is the answer?
(a) Hung.
(b) Buried alive.
(c) Stoned.
(d) Drawn and quartered.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, what does the heat of the sun do?

2. How does Antigone try to convince the guards to let her go?

3. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?

4. How does Antigone enter in the beginning of Part 2?

5. After Haemon's conversation with Creon is over, what does Haemon do?

(see the answer key)

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