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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Antigone tell Nurse to do if her dog keeps waiting by the door?
(a) To take the dog home with her.
(b) To ignore the dog.
(c) To give the dog away.
(d) To put the dog down.

3. How is Antigone's sister described in Part 1?
(a) A happy, laughing girl.
(b) A quiet, shy girl.
(c) A voluptuous, ambitious girl.
(d) A dark, thin girl.

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

5. In Part 2, what does Antigone say that she is not?
(a) Concerned.
(b) Beautiful
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 3, what did Antigone borrow from Ismene?

2. What did Antigone say that she wanted Haemon to do when she visited him the previous evening?

3. What does Nurse bring at the beginning of Part 3?

4. In Part 3, after Antigone explains everything to Haemon, what does she tell him is the only thing he can do to show her that he loves her?

5. In Part 2, for what does the Nurse chastise Antigone and Ismene?

(see the answer key)

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