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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Ismene say needs Antigone?
(a) Nurse.
(b) The dog.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Haemon.

2. What does the person who confronts Antigone in Part 2 think Antigone was doing?
(a) Painting in the garden.
(b) Attending lessons without permission.
(c) Taking a walk without her chaperone.
(d) Visiting her secret sweetheart.

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

4. In Part 2, how does Antigone think her mother would feel about what she was doing?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Angry.
(c) Proud.
(d) Disappointed.

5. After Haemon exits in Part 3, who comes in to talk to Antigone?
(a) Ismene.
(b) Her mother's ghost.
(c) Polynices.
(d) Nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Creon's wife doing when she is introduced?

2. In Part 2, Ismene says that Antigone behaves too __________.

3. In Part 3, for what does Antigone apologize to Haemon?

4. In Part 3, under what conditions does Ismene think Antigone will perform the task Ismene fears she will?

5. What does Ismene ask Antigone after Antigone says that she has considered all of the possible consequences of her proposed actions in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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