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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the youth alone on the other side of the stage?
(a) The Fiance.
(b) The Page Boy.
(c) The Ignominious One.
(d) The Messenger.

2. What did Haemon do in Part 3 that caused the quarrel between him and Antigone?
(a) Asked Antigone to elope with him.
(b) Told Antigone that he didn't love her.
(c) Laughed at Antigone.
(d) Wouldn't let Antigone in his house.

3. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?
(a) Decidedly dolorous.
(b) Preening and dispicable.
(c) Dirty and avoidable.
(d) Clean and inevitable.

4. How does Antigone try to convince the guards to let her go?
(a) By saying that the guards misunderstood her actions.
(b) By screaming and crying.
(c) By using her rank as princess.
(d) By begging.

5. In Part 4, what does Creon intend to do to the guards after the discovery that Polynices's body has been disturbed?
(a) Change their assignment.
(b) Punish them.
(c) Fire them.
(d) Have them executed on the spot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antigone ask Haemon after her apology in Part 3?

2. What does Antigone say when Creon confronts her about covering Polynices?

3. Who is Oedipus?

4. Ismene reminds Antigone that Polynices was more of a ___________ to them.

5. In Part 4, the Chorus says there are four aspects of a tragedy. What is one of those aspects?

(see the answer key)

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